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Auction: 13027 - The Collector's series sale
Lot: 663

Gibraltar
Covers and Cancellations
1859 (Oct.) envelope from Torquay "via France" to Commander de Vere on H.M.S. Agamemnon at Gibraltar, bearing 1d. Stars (3, one defective) and 6d. lilac cancelled with "805" duplex and showing superb circular-framed "s" (indicating transit through Spain) and Gibraltar c.d.s., both in the same bright blue ink, London transit c.d.s. on reverse. Photo

Sold for
£230