Gibraltar Postal activities

 Hi.

 During October, I took a trip to Spain and Gibraltar, from where I sent a number of covers to myself as postal experiments and more.

 I also planned a few things which I wasn't able to complete:

  • Gibraltar postal order - I forgot :)
  • Post & Go Gibraltar -  kiosk no longer present at central post office, no time to check parcel PO
  • SSK Large Letter 100g+ label - same as P&G 
  • Sending from Gibraltar with a Spanish stamp 
  • Spain ATM stamp (post&go) - kiosk not present at offices I visited
  • Phonecards Gibraltar - forgot, but no sign of being available
  • Gibraltar payphone usage - payphones present, but those which I tried did not work :/
  •  Swiss post tourist operaror Gibraltar - seemingly no longer present
In case anyone ever wonders and searches the internet for ages like I did , apart from the seemingly now collectors-only Post & Go stamps, there is also no counter-printed ATM labels in Gibraltar, like UK horizon labels. At least in my experience, the 

I'm not sure what they used to print the one example online of a Gibraltar Postal Order, which looks to be printed by a very horizon-looking system.

There is also a stand with a computer running some internal looking webpage for customs declarations and the like, which I had no time to use.

 In this post I will cover those items I acquired from Gibraltar.

 

Gibraltar covers

Gibraltar to Spain cover with 60p Spain rate definitive stamp with "Main Office" and later "Postage Paid" handstamps  

Gibraltar to UK cover with all definitive stamps up to 60p, sent from postbox, with blue Royal Gibraltar Post Office inkjet postmark
Gibraltar to UK registered cover, counter postmarks  
Gibraltar to UK cecogramme sent at counter, later re-stamped with machine postmark  
Gibraltar BFPO cover obtained by sending this cover enclosed in outer cover addressed to the local BFPO office; more details likely coming soon   
Gibraltar registered item proof of postage 
Gibraltar Unregistered item proof of postage
Reverse
Gibraltar to UK cover sent without stamp (I hoped it would aquire a "unpaid" label, sadly not) with computer postmark
Gibraltar to UK cover sent with UK 2nd class stamp (I hoped it would aquire some sort of invalid label)

Other Items

Gibraltar international bank Balance enquiry
Gibraltar customs decleration
















 

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