COVER N. 566 - BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES - GIBRALTAR

Postmark: Royal Gibraltar Post Office - Main Office ?.03.2025 

Posted on the ? March; Received on the 18th March 2025

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Seems that the Flying Dutchman on its errant journeys across the seas has recently passed by the Rock 😀. Muito obrigado, Eric! Um abraço.

The theme of the 2020 CEPT/EUROPA common issue was "Ancient Postal Routes".

For the occasion, Gibraltar Post Office chose to celebrate  the contribution of two 19th century vessels that ensured mail services between the small peninsula and the rest of the world, issuing, on 08MAY2020, the souvenir sheet used on the cover .

The £ 1.66 stamp is illustrated with the image of the ‘Lady Mary Wood’ , launched in 1842, while the £2.86 stamp bears the image of  the ‘SS Iberia’, launched in 1836.

Detailed information on both vessels, the property of the bicentenary Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), founded in 1822, can be found in the release notes for the stamps which can be consulted here.