1858 Gibraltar ‘G’ cancel to Rochester, Kent

1858 Gibraltar ‘G’ cancel to Rochester, Kent

 1858, 21^st March.   Envelope to Ackworth & sons, Solicitors, Star Hill, Rochester, Kent with an 1856 6d lilac (SG z42) cancelled with the small ‘G’.  Backstamped with red London transit and black Rochester arrival cds.

Endorsed in manuscript ‘By first Steamer’.   Carried by the P&O Alexandria packet ‘COLOMBO’ which called at Gibraltar 21^st March 1858, arrived Southampton 26th March, London 26^th March before arriving at Rochester 27^th March.