Isabella II. Undated Period

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56(2). 1862. 2 lilac reales , pair. CADIZ to VERACRUZ (MEXICO). Transported on the steamer "Cantabria", which at the same time was transporting the troops of the Spanish Expeditionary Army to Veracruz, it so happened that the steamer, from the Antonio López Company, was shipwrecked off the coast of La Gomera (run aground) , the crew, passengers, mail and other merchandise, were picked up by a Russian warship, the Rinde, which transferred them to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, from where they would continue the journey on another ship from Cádiz. MAGNIFICENT AND EXTRAORDINARILY RARE DIRECTED TO MEXICO DURING THE PERIOD OF OCCUPATION OF VERACRUZ BY FRANCO-SPANISH TROOPS WITH GENERAL PRIM AT THE HEAD, ONLY THREE KNOWN.