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Auction: 4003 - Stamps & Covers of the World featuring Italy and Italian States
Lot: 665

x Great Britain Used Abroad Gibraltar 1859 (8 Dec.) double-rate entire letter from Malaga to Manila, bearing 1856 6d. lilac strips of three (2, one stamp with small corner defect), a wing-margin single and 1858 2d. Plate 7, each neatly cancelled "A26" and showing Gibraltar c.d.s. in blue and large h.s. "3" below, Manila and Hong Kong c.d.s. on reverse. A very rare and desirable franking to a most unusual destination. Briefmarkenprufstelle Certificate (2003). Photo Estimate £ 3,000-3,500

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