Philippines 1856: 1 r. green on blued, imperforate, wmk. loops, a
single example and a horizontal pair used on 1857 cover endorsed
"via
Philippines 1856: 1 r. green on blued, imperforate, wmk. loops, a
single example and a horizontal pair used on 1857 cover endorsed
"via Istmus de Suez" to Bilbao, Spain all tied by oval network
obliterator handstamps in black; with "MANILA / FILIPs." cds below
in usual watery blue ink (Feb 8). Reverse with Cadiz transit cds in
blue and Bilbao arrival (Aug 10) in red. File fold and somewhat
roughly opened on reverse but a rare franking; also a cover front
to San Sebastian bearing 2 r. red on blued similarly tied with
MANILA cds. (8 Jan 1864) alongside
