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Auction: 17021 - Great Britain with Post Offices in Central and South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 155

(x) Gibraltar
Early Letters and Handstamps
1795 (5 Nov.) entire letter "Via Corunna" to England rated "8" (deleted) and "2/-", showing good to fine "andalucia/vaxa" in red and with London transit datestamp on reverse. Photo

Note: France had declared war on Great Britain and Spain in early 1793, and the English overland mails were re-routed through Corunna for the Falmouth Packets

provenance:
Geoffrey Osborn, May 1991

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Estimate
£300 to £350