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Gibraltar

1st January 1886

British Colony 42

Gib1
  #1 xxx

perf 14, crown CA wmk
Printed by De La Rue, London.

Description   Scott SG Mi Y&T  
Stamps of Bermuda, overprinted in black
½ penny dull green   1 1      
1d rose red   2 2      
2d purple-brown   3 3      
2½d ultra   4 4      
2½d ultra, blue-black o/p   - 4a      
4d orange-brown   5 5      
6d deep lilac   6 6      
1 shilling yellow-brown   7 7      

A small (approx. 2½ square miles) British Crown Colony on the south-east coast of Spain.