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STAMPLESS MAIL, 21 Aug. 1857 - 1875 - MAIL TO FRANCE - INC. TANGIER COVER POSTED IN GIBRALTAR, ETC.; 1859-66 covers all from Gibraltar to France inc. 1859/60 trio with small blue "GIBRALTAR" cds's charged "5" or "6" [decimes] (the 1859 cover from "Tanger" with contents mentioning mail received in Gibraltar), 1861 cover charged "6" with v. fine small black "GIBRALTAR" cds, and 1865/66 trio (one with disinfection slits) with 2-ring S. Roque cds's; all with red 2-ring French entry-marks of St. Jean de Luz. (8 covers) Cross Reference: FRANCE, MOROCCO, DISINFECTED MAIL, FALSE £160
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STAMPLESS MAIL, 21 Aug. 1857 - 1875 - MAIL TO G.B. - THE VERY RARE 4-LINE "Posted unpaid and opened...out of Gibraltar...charged with fine" MARK - PROOF STRIKE; Small c.1858 piece (crease) with a lovely strike of this extraordinary 4-line mark in red; "Posted unpaid and opened/in due course, but having/originated out of Gibraltar/forwarded charged with fine" (top line with light crease). This mark was introduced for the start of compulsory prepayment of mail to G.B. from 1 March 1858, and was in use until 1865; only three covers and three pieces are recorded. This is one of two recorded pieces with the mark in red. The similar red strike on piece ex the Barclays Collection was sold at auction in April 2010 for £780. [Ex Osborn.] Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE COVERS, G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS £500
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STAMPLESS MAIL, 21 Aug. 1857 - 1875 - MAIL TO G.B. - THE VERY RARE 4-LINE "Posted unpaid and opened...out of Gibraltar...charged with fine" MARK IN BLACK; Small c.1890(?) piece (faults) with a mainly very fine strike of this extraordinary 4-line mark in black; "Posted unpaid and opened/in due course, but having/originated out of Gibraltar/forwarded charged with fine" (two words of the bottom line affected by damage). This appears to be a piece of a postcard, and has the remains of an orange postage stamp and Duplex (S. American??) on the reverse along with a small part of the same 4-line mark - it does not appear to be a Proof strike. This mark was introduced for the start of compulsory prepayment of mail to G.B. from 1 March 1858, and was in use until 1865 (but may have been reintroduced later as suggested by this piece); only three covers and three pieces are recorded. This is only recorded pieces with the mark in black. [A similar strike on piece but in red, ex the Barclays Collection, was sold at auction in April 2010 for £780.] Plus an 1863 Gibraltar Bill of Exchange and a fine printed 10-page 1876 GB/Spain Postal Convention. (3 items) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE COVERS £300
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STAMPLESS MAIL, 21 Aug. 1857 - 1875 - MAIL TO HONG KONG/MACAO - RARE "PAID/POSTAGE ACCOUNTED FOR BY/PORTUGAL TO G.P.O. LONDON" MARK; Fine 1 Feb. 1861 EL from Lisbon (fine 2-ring cds on the front + mainly fine double-oval "PAGO DE FRANQUIA PELO PAQUETTE" with h.s. "300[reis]" in centre on reverse) addressed to a Portuguese Marine Officer who had "embarked by a corvette in Macao" at "Hong-Kong" routed "Por Alexandria" and so with fine small blue "GIBRALTAR" cds (5 Feb.) on the front, along with a very fine (and rare thus) matching blue Gibraltar "PAID/POSTAGE ACCOUNTED FOR BY/PORTUGAL TO G.P.O. LONDON" mark nicely placed on the front. Superb example of this extraordinary Gibraltar Instructional Mark - of which only 6 examples are recorded - on mail to the Far East. [The similar 1865 cover - with a much fainter strike of this "PAID..." mark - realised £2,760 in the Cavendish Scott Archer auction, lot 1129, in Sept. 2004.] Superb and Important Exhibition Item. Cross Reference: HONG KONG, MACAO, POSTAGE DUE COVERS, PORTUGAL £2,000
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STAMPLESS MAIL, 21 Aug. 1857 - 1875 - MAIL TO ITALY/STATES - UNPAID MAIL INC. TWO WITH ITALIAN POSTAGE DUE STAMPS; Fine 6 Oct. 1857 EL from "Gibraltar" to Genoa charged "22" with a superb 2-ring "SAN ROQUE/CADIZ" cds on the front; plus 1871/72 pair from the same correspondence to Genoa with oval Gibraltar firm's cachets on the front, each charged "7" and so with Italian Postage Due stamps (30c+40c or 10c+60c; some glue marks slightly affect the stamps on the latter cover) all tied by "GENOVA" cds's. Rare trio. (3 covers) Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES, POSTAGE DUE COVERS £240
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STAMPLESS MAIL, 21 Aug. 1857 - 1875 - MAIL TO PORTUGAL - UNPAID COVERS WITH GIBRALTAR C.D.S.'s & VARIED ARRIVAL CHARGES, T.P.O., ETC.; 1857-69 collection of unpaid covers from Gibraltar to Lisbon(2), Oporto(10) or Caminha(1) with "GIBRALTAR" (blue or black) and/or S. Roque cds's inc. 7/10 May 1869 ELs to Oporto (oddly without charge or charged "60rs" in m/s) with v. fine or mainly fine rare octagon-framed Experimental T.P.O. "E.A. BADAJOZ-LISBOA" d.s. on the top flaps (this TPO only ran 1866-69, and these appear to be the only two covers recorded from Gib. with this mark), and a range of h.s. arrival charge-marks; 45(4), 120(2), 135, 160, 180, 240 and 480. Good study. (13 covers) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE COVERS, PORTUGAL, TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, FALSE £300
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STAMPLESS MAIL, 21 Aug. 1857 - 1875 - MAIL TO SPAIN - VERY RARE COVER FORWARDED WITH PAMPILLON PRIVATE LETTER CARRIER LABEL; 19 July 1858 EL (in English; slight stains) from "Gibraltar" to "Xerez de la Frontera" endorsed "P. [Vapor] Ligero" and so sent by an Agent to Cadiz where the letter was handed to the semi-legal Private Letter Carrier "Francisco Pampillon" with his rare printed "recoje [collect letters from] calle de la Caridad, junto al Estanco[next to the tobacconist]" label (slight stains but clearly belongs) on the front. Nathan (1976) only recorded a handful of covers with this label, and David (2010) only recorded three other such covers carried from Gibraltar and by the Private Letter Carriers. [See also 1856 cover in 1850-57 section above.] Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: FORWARDING AGENTS, SPAIN £650
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STAMPLESS MAIL, 21 Aug. 1857 - 1875 - MAIL TO SPAIN - UNPAID MAIL, PRIVATELY CARRIED MAIL & RARE STAMP SHORTAGE COVER; 1859-73 covers all from Gibraltar to Cadiz (+ one to Xerez) inc. v. fine rare 6/8 Oct. 1873 EL sent during a shortage of Spanish stamps in the POs of both Gibraltar and S. Roque and so with S. Roque and Cadiz cds's but no charge having the San Roque mayor's endorsment and Official cachet on the reverse; "No hay sellos en el estanco de esta Ciudad", 1859 EL to Xerez with v. fine double-oval "PAUSADELA/Y/RECUERO" Private Letter Carrier cachet alone, fine 1860 EL with superb black Cadiz h.s. "4" (only one known on mail ex Gib.), and 6 covers without postal marks. Scarce group. (9 covers) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE COVERS £240
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1850 6c BLACK PLATE 1 ISOBEL II cancelled by red GIBr/S.ROQUE/ANDaBAXA mark of Gibraltar. Rare and believed to be one of only two Spain No 1 known with this cancel. Graus Cert (2011). £1,000
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1851 6c BLACK ISOBEL II ON FRONT TO CADIZ - rare use, believed one of just two known, with red S.ROQUE mark and mostly fine oval Gibraltar cachet. Stamp with four good to large margins and cancelled with a black Arana. CEM Cert (2007). £1,000
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - RARE 'SAMPLES-POST' SECOND WEIGHT STEP FRANKING - 1852 6c ROSE PAIR on 19 Apr. E to Almeria, stamps with 3 good margins and neatly tied to cover marked 'Muestras sin Valor'. S.ROQUE marks on front and back. The earliest recorded higher letter rate from Gibraltar using Spanish stamps. £500
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - EARLIEST RECORDED SHIP LETTER FROM GIBRALTAR WITH SPANISH STAMPS - 1852 6c rose tied to 13 May E to Almeria, ms 'Vapor Elva' on front and Gibraltar filing note on flap. MALAGA and ALMERIA DSs on back. £400
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1852 6c ROSE ISOBEL II tied to 13 Apr E to Madrid with S.ROQUE marks on front and back with MADRID DS on back. Stirrups records 8 uses of this stamp from Gibraltar to Spain. £300
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1852 6c ROSE ISOBEL II tied to 24 Aug E to Almeria with mostly v fine S.ROQUE marks on front & back and ALMERIA DS on back. One of 8 uses recorded by Stirrups. Comex Cert (2010). £300
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1853 12c PURPLE - ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE USED FROM GIBRALTAR - tied to part E (front plus one flap, faults) to Cadiz with S.ROQUE and CADIZ marks on back. Rare; Comex Cert (1977). £750
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1853 6c ROSE - ONLY RECORDED SHIP LETTER USE FROM GIBRALTAR - tied to 16 Aug disinfected EL to Granada, MALAGA DS on front and GRANADA DS on back. Cross Reference: DISINFECTED MAIL £300
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1853 6c ROSE tied to 13 Feb. E to Almeria with S.ROQUE marks front and back and ALMERIA DS on back. Graus Cert (2006) £240
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1853 6c ROSE tied to 23 Dec disinfected E to Almeria, S.ROQUE & ALMERIA marks front or back. Comex Cert (2007) Cross Reference: DISINFECTED MAIL £240
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1853 6c ROSE - TWO SINGLES USED TO LIVORNO - 14 Nov disinfected front plus part flap with S.ROQUE, VIA DI NIZZA, Espana & Agent cachet on front and various DSs on back. The only recorded use through Spain with Spanish stamps in the pre-compulsory period, also only recorded multiple use of this adhesive from Gibraltar. Graus Cert (2006) Cross Reference: DISINFECTED MAIL £300
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1853 6c ROSE - EARLIEST RECORDED PACKET USE - tied to 6 Jan front to Cadiz with GIBRALTAR packet office CDS and red ms 5 alongside. Plus similar adhesive (lifted and hinged back in place) tied to undated front to same addressee with S.ROQUE mark; Comex Cert (2010). (2) £300
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1853 6c ROSE - ONE OF THE THREE KNOWN PACKET USES - 25 Apr front and one flap to Cadiz with GIBRALTAR packet office CDS & ms 5 on front and CADIZ CDS on flap; Comex Cert (2007). Plus two fronts to the same addressee, each franked with similar adhesive. (3) £300
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1854 ARMS 4c CARMINE - tied to 25 Nov EL to Cadiz with S.ROQUE marks front and back in blue (this mark is last recorded in red on 21 Nov 1854, this cover being the earliest known use in blue), CADIZ CDS on back. Comex Cert (2007) £360
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1854 ARMS 4c CARMINE - tied to 30 Nov EL to Cadiz with S.ROQUE marks front and back in blue. £360
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1854 ARMS 4c CARMINE - tied to 9 Mar 1855 E to Madrid with green (rare) S.ROQUE marks front & back and blue MADRID CDS. The latest recorded of this stamp used in Gibraltar. £360
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1854 ARMS 6c CARMINE - on 2 Aug EL to Cadiz with red S.ROQUE marks front & back and blue oval Agent cachet on back. Graus (2000) & Comex (2007) Certs. £300
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1854 ARMS 6c CARMINE - tied (just) to Aug EL to Cadiz with red S.ROQUE marks front and back, ms 'Estafeta' on front and CADIZ CDS on rear. 11 recorded by Stirrups. CEM Cert (2006) £300
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1854 ARMS 6c CARMINE - tied to 20 May E to Almeria with red S.ROQUE marks front & back and ALMERIA CDS on back. £240
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1855 4c ROSE ON BLUED, LOOP WMK - two singles tied to 7 Feb 1856 EL to Cadiz with blue S.ROQUE marks front & back and blue CADIZ CDS on back. This is the only recorded multiple use of this adhesive (of the 31 known). Comex Cert (2010) £300
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1855 4c ROSE ON BLUED, LOOP WMK - on Nov, Dec 1855 & Jan 1856 ELs all to Cadiz with S.ROQUE marks front and back and ms 'Estrafeta' on front. Graus Cert (2000) for the Nov item. (3) £300
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1855 4c ROSE ON BLUED, LOOP WMK - tied to 6 Nov EL to Galicia with blue S.ROQUE marks front and back; Graus Cert (2005). Also Apr & June ELs to Cadiz with similar marks. (3) £300
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1856 4c ROSE WMK HATCH - tied to 27 June 1856 E to Cadiz with v fine SAN ROQUE/CADIZ CDS on front and CADIZ CDS on back & ms 'Estafeta'; the last recorded pre-compulsory use. Plus 13 May 1856 EL to Cadiz, stamp uncancelled and no postmarks. Also 4c rose no wmk on Feb 1856 E cancelled in green with blue S.ROQUE marks front and back. Apparently the earliest recorded unwatermarked stamp from Gibraltar, with conflicting RPSL (1999) & Graus (2005) Certs. (3) £200
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SPANISH STAMPS USED IN GIBRALTAR - VOLUNTARY PERIOD 1850-56 - 1856 4c ROSE WMK HATCH - tied to May or June ELs to Cadiz with ms 'Estafeta' & SAN ROQUE CDS on front and CADIZ CDS on back; CEM Cert (2006) for the May item. Stirrups recorded just 9 such uses. (2) £240
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - TWO CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS of letters dated 4 and 13 June 1856 from the Spanish Postmaster in San Roque, advising '...from the 1st July next, no letter or printed paper form will be forwarded unless pre-paid...' and '...you must supply yourself with postage stamps of 2 Reals, 1 Real & 4 Cuartos, which you can sell for the public service...'. Rare contemporary documents outlining policy changes re handling mail entering Spain. Also pamphlet of the services provided by the ships Alegria and Maria. (3 items) £300
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - ONLY RECORDED GIBRALTAR SINGLE USE OF THE 2R VIOLET LOOP WMK - tied to 28 May 1857 E (faults, re-inforcing) to Cadiz endorsed 'Pr Ville de Lisbonne' & with GIBRALTAR CDS and red ms 2 on front and CADIZ CDS on back. Graus Cert (2005) £500
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - THE ONLY RECORDED GIBRALTAR MULTIPLE USE OF THE 2R VIOLET LOOP WMK - strip of three on 15 May 1858 E with GIBRALTAR & CADIZ CDSs on front or back and ms 'Pr Vapor Alhambra' and red 1/4 charge. Bergua Cert (1986) £500
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - 1856 4c ROSE WMK HATCH - part marginal adhesive tied to 16 Sep 1856 EL to Cadiz with fine SAN ROQUE CDS on front. Stirrups records only 9 uses of this stamp from Gibraltar. £300
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - 1856 4c ROSE WMK HATCH - tied to July or Nov ELs to Cadiz with SAN ROQUE & CADIZ CDSs on front or back. Graus Cert ( 2006) for the July item. Stirrups records 9. (2) £300
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - 1856 4c ROSE PAIR WMK HATCH - on 12 Jan 1857 EL (faults inc splitting) to Cadiz with fine SAN ROQUE & CADIZ CDSs on front or back. Rare multiple franking for this stamp on overland route. £300
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - THE ONLY RECORDED GIBRALTAR USE THROUGH SPAIN AFTER COMPULSORY USE - 23 Jan 1857 EL to Naples franked with 1856 4c Rose no wmk with blue SAN ROQUE & oval agent cachet and black AMMINISTRAZIONE GENERALE DELLE POSTE on front and TRANSITO per le STATO PONTIFICIO on back. Rare. Comex Cert (2007) £400
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - ONE OF TWO KNOWN SHIP LETTERS WITH FIVE 1856 4c ROSE NO WMK - strip of three plus two singles tied to each other or to 22 Mar 1858 E to Cadiz with ms 'Pr Vapor Languedoc' & red 1/- charge and blue GIBRALTAR CDS on front plus superb CADIZ CDS on back. A very rare combination cover. Purchased in 2005 for Euro1800. £500
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - ONE OF TWO KNOWN OVERLAND LETTERS WITH FIVE 1856 4c ROSE NO WMK - strip of four plus single tied to 12 Nov 1858 EL to Cadiz endorsed 'Pr Estafeta' with SAN ROQUE & CADIZ CDS on front or back. Comex Cert (2007) £300
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - THE OTHER OF TWO KNOWN OVERLAND LETTERS WITH FIVE 1856 4c ROSE NO WMK - similar lot between the same correspondents but strip of five tied to 5 July 1859 EL. £300
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - THE ONLY KNOWN OVERLAND LETTER WITH FOUR 1856 4c ROSE NO WMK - strip of four on 2 Jan 1858 E to Cadiz endorsed 'Pr Estafeta' with SAN ROQUE and CADIZ CDSs on front or back. £300
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - 1856 4c ROSE NO WMK STRIP OF THREE PLUS SINGLE - tied to 30 Jan 1857 EL to Cadiz endorsed 'Pr Reine Mathilde' with CADIZ CDS on back. This is the only known ship letter with four of this stamp in the period prior to Gibraltar introducing ship letter charges. £300
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - 1856 4c ROSE NO WMK STRIP OF FOUR - tied to 2 Oct 1857 EL to Cadiz charged "8" in red with GIBRALTAR & CADIZ CDSs on front or back. Stirrups records four uses with four of this stamp. £240
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - 1856 4c ROSE NO WMK IRREGULAR STRIP THREE AND SINGLE - similar lot between the same correspondents but tied to 1 Aug 1859 EL. Stirrups records four. Comex Cert (2007). £300
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - 1856 4c ROSE NO WMK STRIP OF THREE - just tied to 5 Jan 1858 E to Cadiz charged red ms 1/4d and GIBRALTAR CDS & fine oval agent cachet on front, CADIZ CDS on back. £300
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - 1856 4c ROSE NO WMK STRIP OF THREE - tied to 15 May 1858 E to Cadiz charged red ms 1/4d and GIBRALTAR & CADIZ CDS on front or back. CEM Cert (2007) £240
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - 1856 4c ROSE NO WMK STRIP OF THREE - tied to 28 May 1859 EL to Cadiz charged red ms 8d and GIBRALTAR & CADIZ CDS on front or back. £240
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EARLY COMPULSORY PERIOD - 1856-59 - 1856 4c ROSE NO WMK DOUBLE FRANKINGS TO CADIZ - inc pair tied to Feb 1858 EL with red ms charge 4d with GIBRALTAR & CADIZ CDSs on front or back and two singles tied to Nov 1858 E endorsed 'Estafeta' with v fine SAN ROQUE & CADIZ CDSs front or back. (4) £300
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