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Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 434

Gibraltar Ship Letters 1848 (21 Dec.) envelope to Gerrards Cross, rated "8" and bearing G.B. 1841 1d. red-brown Plate 76 cancelled by London "ship letter" h.s. with "gibraltar/ship letter" h.s. and Gibraltar code A double-arc d.s. alongside, the reverse with London (7.12) and Gerrards Cross c.d.s. (8.12) in green; "Fred´s first letter after his departure for India Overland from Gibraltar" recipient´s note at left of face panel. R.P.S. Certificate (1982). Very rare and most unusual. Photo Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 provenance: Christie´s Robson Lowe, 1990

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