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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 544

Gibraltar
Military Mail
1859 (17 Nov.) envelope to Bristol, headed "From Sergt G.N. Gordon 100th Regiment Gibraltar", countersigned by Commanding Officer, bearing GB 1d. tied by light "A26" and Gibraltar c.d.s. in blue with arrival datestamp (27.11) on reverse. Photo

Note: The 100th Royal Canadian Regiment landed at Gibraltar on 4 June 1859, commanded by Lt. Col. G. de Rottenburg who before his appointment had been Adjutant-General of the Canadian Militia. The regiment was raised in Canada to serve the British Army during the Indian Mutiny. With the Mutiny suppressed it was stationed at Gibraltar until 1863.

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