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RE Series No 40
Date: 27 September 1979
Title: Gibraltar Barracks, Hawley opened 27th September 1979.
Special Handstamp: Corps of RE, Opening Gibraltar Barracks, Hawley, Gibraltar, BFPS 1658, 27 SEPT 78.
Note: To commemorate the Opening of Gibraltar Barracks two versions of this cover were issued: BFPS 1658 with a 10p Sir Rowland Hill commemorative stamp and BFPS 1658 with 2 x Gibraltese. Signed by Maj Gen C.P. Campbell.
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