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Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 459

Gibraltar Mail to or via Gibraltar 1837 (31 Oct.) entire from Malaga "pr Steamer Calpe" to London, showing superb "malaga/andalucia/baxa" h.s. in red and fine curved-framed "gibraltar" h.s., arrival c.d.s. (29.11) on reverse; clean and attractive. Photo Estimate £ 300-350 Note: Spanish postal regulations required that letters put aboard any ship were first to be presented to the post office for stamping. Although the rule was generally ignored, this letter was correctly handstamped in Malaga

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£290