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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 508

Gibraltar
The Spanish Overland Mail
Regular arrangements were made, about 1749, for the English Mails to be carried through Spain although the service was suspended in times of war.
1824 (5 Aug.) printed Isaac Hadwen & Co. Prices Current to Scheidam, Holland, rated "19", showing fine "de gibr/s.roque/andabaxa" h.s. in red and mainly fine espagne/par bayonne" h.s. The earliest known use of this handstamp. Photo

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Estimate
£150 to £180

Starting price
£110