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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 565

Gibraltar
Mail to or via Gibraltar
1862 (28 Feb.) entire letter from Trieste to Gibraltar via London, rated "1/2", showing despatch c.d.s., framed "returned for/ postage" in red applied in London, Gibraltar arrival d.s. (14.3), boxed "to/pay" in black with manuscript "8" alongside and, on reverse, London transit c.d.s. (4.3). Photo

Note: The rate to London was 8d. overland and then 6d. to Gibraltar (hence 1/2) but direct rate was also 8d.. Marked in London as returned for postage and charged 8d. on arrival in Gibraltar.

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Sold for
£230

Starting price
£200