SPAIN 1870 50m ULTRAMARINE, 200m BROWN, 1873 10c GREEN & 187...

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SPAIN 1870 50m ULTRAMARINE, 200m BROWN, 1873 10c GREEN & 1875 10c BLUE - SCARCE USAGES: 50 ultramarine tied to Mar 1870 EL to Lisbon with SAN ROQUE and LISBOA CDSs front or back. Only known single to Portugal from Gibraltar CEM Cert (2007), 1870 200m brown - tied to large part E from Cadiz though routed through Gibraltar to the Philippines, endorsed 'via Suez'. Stir ups records 4 Gibraltar uses of this stamp. Also 1873 10c green- two uses to Cadiz: one of two recorded singles on Aug 1873 EL, plus used in combination with 5c black war tax stamp on June 1874 EL; Stirrups records 8. Both with blue oval agent cachets on front; both with 2005 Graus Certs. Plus 1873 10c green & 5c black war tax - three uses on EL to Cadiz (2) or Seville. (Stirrups records 8); 1875 10c blue - one of two known Gibraltar uses - used with 5c blue-green war tax stamp on Oct 1875 EL to Malaga with oily SAN ROQUE transit mark on front and receiving cds on back. Comex Cert (2007) (8 covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN, PORTUGAL