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Lot# 5777 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 5777 Gibraltar

    1857 (Sept 10): Great Britain 1857 1 d. rose-red, perf. 14, a used horizontal pair on 1857 entire letter from Gibraltar to Genova endorsed 'Tiber', tied by two strikes of the "G" in bars obliterator with double arc GIBRALTAR datestamp below (Sept 10). Red 'VIA / DI MARE / (E)' of arrival and originally charged '3' but deleted and changed to "15 cmi." in black. Genova arrival in red on reverse of a very rare entire - used in the first week of the "G" obliterator (the first recorded date of use is September 7) and the second earliest cover used in a British Colony with stamps directly supplied from Great Britain. Rare.rnProvenance: Collection Grant Glassco, RL, London, 25-27 Nov 1969, ex lot 1130; RL, London, 11-12 Sept 1973, lot 371; Collection André Bollen, Köhler, Wiesbaden, 8 Feb 1983, lot 24.rn                  
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF