Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 485
Gibraltar Stamps of Great Britain Cancelled "A26" 1874 (July) entire "p Packet to England" to Paris, bearing 1d. red pair and 2d. blue cancelled with "A26" duplex and showing London Paid c.d.s. (21.7), oval-framed "pd" and Calais entry c.d.s. (22.7), and 1876 (Feb.) entire from the same correspondence bearing 2 1/2d. rosy-mauve Plate 2 cancelled by superb "A26" duplex and with "espagne/st. jean de luz" transit c.d.s. in blue alongside; a most attractive pair showing pre and post U.P.U. rates Estimate £ 120-150
Sold for
£130