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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 568

Gibraltar
Mail to or via Gibraltar
1867 (18 Nov.) unstamped envelope from Lisbon to Swatow, China, showing despatch c.d.s., a good to fine strike of the very rare "paid/postage accounted for by/portugal to g.p.o. london" h.s., Gibraltar transit c.d.s. (22.11) and, on reverse, Hong Kong (7.1) and arrival (10.1) datestamps. Extremely rare, especially so on mail to China, and certainly the finest of the few recorded examples of this handstamp. Photo

Note: This handstamp appears to have been intended for official mail, either Embassy or Consular, and may have been introduced as a result of the Treaty of Aranjuez, or by one of it's sub-committees.

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Sold for
£1,400

Starting price
£800