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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 510

Gibraltar
The Spanish Overland Mail
Regular arrangements were made, about 1749, for the English Mails to be carried through Spain although the service was suspended in times of war.
1829 (Dec.) entire letter to the Consul-General of Sardinia at Marseilles, rated "12", showing fair to fine "de gibr/s.roque/andabaxa" h.s. and good to fine "s.roque/franca" h.s., both in red, "espagne par/st jean-de-luz" h.s. and handstruck "3" accountancy h.s. with arrival d.s. (16.12) on reverse. Clean. Photo

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Estimate
£120 to £150

Starting price
£80