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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 553

Gibraltar
Mail to or via Gibraltar
1837 (31 Oct.) entire from Malaga to London, marked "pr Steamer Calpe", rated "2/6", showing superb "malaga/andalucia/baxa" h.s. in red and mainly fine curved-framed "gibraltar" h.s. in black with arrival c.d.s. (29.11) on reverse. Photo

Note: Spanish postal regulations required that letters put aboard any ship were first to be presented to the post office for stamping. Although the rule was generally ignored, this letter was correctly handstamped in Malaga.

provenance:
Spink auction, April 2010

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Sold for
£260

Starting price
£240