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1834. Front of Certificate from VITORIA to SAN SEBASTIAN (addressed to a soldier of the Artillery Brigade of General Lacy Evans, belonging to the British Auxiliary Legion). Handwritten mark "Certifº to Vitoria, issued on August 27, 1836" and FRANCO / VITORIA mark, in red (PE26) 2004 edition, various reason shots in Haro, Logroño, Tudela and Zaragoza, the deviation from the usual post routes is forced to avoid the assault of the Carlists to the post office, Certificate Nº 466, annotation of the cost by Vicente Otadui "As he paid 4 reales for certificate rights and 20 maravedíes", recipient's signature on the back. MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE, THE ONLY KNOWN CERTIFICATE OF THE BRITISH LEGION IN SPAIN, PIECE OF HUGE INTEREST.