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Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 379

Gibraltar Early Letters 1683 (5 Nov.) entire letter from Robert Wilson to "John Aylward, Merchant, London", the text of the letter being a receipt for "twenty pieces of eight", the reverse with an indistinct handstamp, possibly applied by the sender, and a superb "de/12" Bishopmark. An exceptionally early letter written twenty-one years before Gibraltar was captured by the British. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500

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