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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1068

(x) Morocco Agencies
Gibraltar Used in Morocco
1886 (8 July) "gibraltar" 1d. red card from Rabat to Germany, cancelled "A26" and with Gibraltar datestamp alongside, arrival datestamp partially cancelling stamp impression; the contents mention the new courier service of the Gibraltar P.O., just established between the Barbary coast ports and Gibraltar. The earliest known item of mail originating from this office, which opened in May 1886, and the earliest postal cancellation originating from any of the Moroccan Agencies apart from Tangier. Photo

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Sold for
£180