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Auction: 14025 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 586

Gibraltar
The Spanish Overland Route
1759 (20 Dec.) entire letter to Edinburgh showing "Andalucia/Alta" handstamp applied at the San Roque Post Office, forwarded by land to La Coruna and then by ship to London, rated "1N2" and with superb red wax seal and Bishop mark on reverse; soiled filing crease on face though one of the earliest known examples sent through this post office. Photo

Note: This "Andalucia/Alta" handstamp was originally attributed to Seville but it has now been proved that during the time that this handstamp was in use (1759-80) Seville had five different handstamps, none of which had similar characteristics to this one

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Estimate
£500 to £600