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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4359

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.
1766 (13 June) entire letter addressed "To be left at Forrests Coffee House, Edinburgh", sent overland Sevillle (very light "Andulucia/Alta" h.s. applied), to Lisbon where it was shipped by packet to Falmouth, rated "6" and "2/-" and showing, on reverse, London Bishopmark (7.7); slightly soiled

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Estimate
£120 to £150

Starting price
£80