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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4383

Gibraltar
Military Mail
1827 (30 May) entire letter from a regimental pensioner in London to "John Courtney Colour Sergeant 12th foot Gibraltar or elsewhere", showing manuscript "1", Chelsea 1d. Post Paid h.s. and London Paid c.d.s., all in red and, on reverse, "paid/7.night7" oval d.s. and Foreign Office c.d.s.; 1842 (1 Dec.) entire to Sergeant Andrew Stevenson at the Royal Artillery, Woolwich, marked "paid 1d" and with large "1" in red ink and showing curved-framed "gibraltar" over "paid" h.s. with London arrival c.d.s. (12.12) alongside, a further London datestamp on reverse; and 1871 double rate front affixed to an envelope to Devonport, headed "From J. Battershill SB (Sick Berth) Attendant, H.M.S. Northumberland, Gibraltar", countersigned by Commanding Officer, showing framed "over oz/more-to pay" h.s. with manuscript "½" inserted at the London G.P.O. where two 1d. red where applied and tied by "35" in diamond of bars, marked "Coin" and compulsorily registered with handstruck "1/-" amended by hand to "1/1" and with "registered/devonport" oval d.s. (29.7) in red, some faults but a remarkable and very rare compulsorily registered item

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Estimate
£250 to £300

Starting price
£180