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SAMPLES OF NO VALUE ENDORSED QV COVERS TO FRANCE/ITALY + 6d-RATE TO SPAIN & P.O. NOTICE; 1862/67 trio from Bradford (1862 to France with 2d Blue + 6d) or London (1866/7 pair to Turin with 2d Blue + 6d or 2d + 3x4d's) all endorsed (in French/Italian) as containing "Samples of No Value", but all clearly prepaid at the full letter rates; perhaps they were endorsed to avoid import problems in their countries of destination? Plus May 1870 EL ex Manchester to Madrid with 6d Mauve at letter rate but unusually having 2 strikes (one partial) of the Madrid 'Spider' obliterator on the reverse. Plus a 30 Jan. 1880 PO Notice ref. new size/weight limits for "Patterns or Samples to France or Algeria". Rare group. (5 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, ITALY, SPAIN
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