Auction: 17021 - Great Britain with Post Offices in Central and South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 163
(x) Gibraltar
Early Letters and Handstamps
1848 Department of State printed envelope (222x90mm. fine red wax seal on reverse) "via Southampton" to "Horatio J. Sprague Esqr. U.S. Consul Gibraltar.", rated "4/-" and with London Paid d.s. (7.6), the reverse with manuscript "forwarded by John Miller U.S. Despatch Agent in London"; a little soiled at edges though most unusual. Photo
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Estimate
£400 to £500