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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: 161

(x) Gibraltar
Early Letters and Handstamps
1844 (10 Aug.) entire letter "From Private John Dane No. 990 — 38th. Regt." to Canterbury, marked "1" in red ink and showing fine 2nd. Type curved "gibraltar/paid" handstamp and London tombstone Paid d.s. in red, arrival c.d.s. on reverse. A fine letter from Private Dane who is in hospital feigning sickness, and which gives details of garrison routine and reference to the Franco-Moroccan War, which ended shortly after the letter was written. Photo

provenance:
Grant Glassco, November 1969
Geoffrey Osborn, May 1991
Gerald Sattin, May 2004

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Estimate
£400 to £500