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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4358

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.
1765 (10 Aug.) entire letter addressed "To be left at Forrests Coffee House, Edinburgh", sent overland via San Roque and Sevillle (light "Andulucia/Alta" h.s. applied), to Lisbon where it was shipped by packet to Falmouth, rated "6" and "2/-"

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£210