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Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 482

Gibraltar Stamps of Great Britain Cancelled "A26" 1870 (15 Dec.) envelope "Via Steamer" to U.S.A., bearing 2d. blue Plate 13 and 6d. mauve Plate 9 cancelled with "A26" duplex and showing "2/cents" rate h.s. in red at foot, arrival c.d.s. (6.1) o reverse; most attractive. Photo Estimate £ 150-200 Note: From 1 January 1870, the rate to U.S.A. by closed mail through Spain and France, was set at 2d. per half ounce plus 6d. per quarter ounce

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