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Crimean Cancel [10K]
CRIMEAN CANCEL, ILLUSTRATING THE 3d POSTAL RATE
Malta Cancel [5K]
USED IN MALTA

The Penny Red was the first stamp to be sold and used abroad. It was first issued to Post Offices in the Crimea and Malta from 1854.

A26 Cancel of Gibralta [4K]
GIBRALTA		 C-in-Bars Cancel of Constantinople [4K]
CONSTANTINOPLE		 C38 Cancel of Peru [5K]
CALLAO (PERU)

The useage spread to various places around the globe.

Usual Cyprus Overprint [4K] Click on block for large view [56K] Additional "HALF PENNY" overprint [4K]

The Penny Red can also be found overprinted for use in Cyprus. Several different types of overprint can be found and are mostly fairly common. Indeed many large blocks survive.

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