COLONIAL PERIOD UP TO 1821

1812 OCTOBER 30
PUEBLA to MALLORCA (BALEARIC ISLANDS)
Black NUEVA/ ESPAÑA postmark applied in Vera Cruz, 
taxed "8"  (reales).

1810 SEPTEMBER 15: QUERETARO to CADIZ
Straight line QUERETARO postmark alongside 
NUEVA / ESPAÑA marking applied in Vera Cruz. 
"7R" rating stamped in Cadiz.


Ca 1773:  Addressed  to MADRID
PIEDRAGORDA marking in dark red alongside NUEVA / ESPAÑA 
in black. Received Madrid with "N.7" (November 7) date stamp.

"N.7" date stamp was used in Madrid from  1762 to 1773.
Without doubt this cover was circulated before 1773.

EARLIEST KNOWN CIRCULATED 
BY TRANS-ATLANTIC MARITIME POST

1815: LAGUNA  to MADRID
FRANQUEADO EN / LAGUNA / DE TERMINOS fancy oval postmark, transit marking YNDIAS applied in Cuba.

Addressed to the King Fernando VII, then a prisoner 
of the French. Also addressed to the General and Special Spanish Parliament (making reference when the 
Spanish Royal Family was kept captive in France).
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1815 MARCH 23: TEPIC to PANAMA
Red SAN BLAS oval postmark.

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