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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 480

Gibraltar
Early Letters
1684 (31 Oct.) entire letter from John Fowkes to John Wyse in London, marked "p. Capt. Robts QDC" and with manuscript "3" charged on arrival, "fe/22" Bishopmark across join on reverse; good content with reference to a previous letter forwarded via Consul and Cadiz to London, this current letter being forwarded by a small ship from Malaga bound for Bristol. A fine and very early letter. Photo

Note: Gibraltar was Spanish at this time. A British Naval Victualling Office had just been established following the withdrawal, earlier that year, from Tangier.

provenance:
Geoffrey Osborn, May 1991
Spink auction, April 2010

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Sold for
£2,200

Starting price
£1600