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France: Letter from the Consul General of Sardinia in Gibraltar in 1822, TB text of 2 pages describing the military squadron in harbor in Gibraltar, several interesting stamps and notches of purification (Great cholera epidemic of 1822 in Gibraltar), signed - TB and RARE -

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France: Letter from the Consul General of Sardinia in Gibraltar in 1822, TB text of 2 pages describing the military squadron in harbor in Gibraltar, several interesting stamps and notches of purification (Great cholera epidemic of 1822 in Gibraltar), signed - TB and RARE -

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