No Overprint ½r blue three mint blocks of four group of 1856 Hidalgos with gum, two identified as plate III from positions 3-4 / 9-10 and 38-39 / 44-45. Two with vertical creases between stamp (of which one with additional crease). NF $800. (Image)

No Overprint ½r blue, horizontal block of six with original gum, plate III, positions 43-44 / 49-51. Large multiples are very scarce, this being very fine. NF $600+. (Image)

Acapulco ½r blue, strip of three, good margins on three sides, bearing two strikes of Schatzkès #4. The district overprint is very clear and fresh, and the designs are well centered. Two faint vertical creases between designs, not detracting. Multiples from this district are very uncommon. NF $270 (as singles). (Image)

Acapulco 2r emerald, outstandingly large margins for the most part, used with pen cancel on this difficult-to-find stamp. Only 1,020 were issued. NF $200. (Image)

Apam and Chiapas ½r blue. Apam: eight used stamps (singles and pairs) with and without overprints, mostly used in Apam, but also including some remainder cancels from Otumba and Soltepec (Schatzkès #24 , #35 and #38). Chiapas: strip of four with bold overprint, bottom margin touched, exhibiting a pen cancel probably from Tuxtla. (#133 B). NF $495.

Apam 2r emerald, mint and used, both stamps with large margins all around and very fresh, the unused stamp with original gum and showing plate frame line at right, the used example postally tied to piece by Schatzkès #26. A rare usage as most of the Apam stamps were cancelled with remainder postmarks (this is not). NF $325. (Image)

Apam 4r red, blue overprint, three large margins, barely touched at left, lightly cancelled. Only 300 were sent and most of the few known have reminder cancels. This example was cancelled in Mexico City and it is very rare thus. Cert. Mepsi (1998). NF $250 with remainder cancel. (Image)

Chalco and Córdova ½r blue, group of five stamps: Cuautla (Schatzkès #93), Yautepec in pair (#110), both with four margins and scarce as originating from small towns, Córdova with two stamps, one of them with good margins (#184, #188). NF $270 as singles.

Chihuahua ½r blue, group of two very attractive multiples with generous margins and from small towns: A pair from Valle de San Bartolome (Schatzkès #144) and a strip of three from Guadalupe y Calvo (#155 red) with usual faint crease between stamp not detracting. Two fantastic exhibition items. NF $350 as singles. (Image)

Chihuahua ½r blue and 1r yellow, three covers, including an attractive bicolour 1 ½ rate franking on item addressed to Allende with red cancel (Schatzkès #136); Rosales cover addressed to Parral with 1r and dated November 10, neatly tied by the red cancel of this small town (Schatzkès #165); Mineral de Jesús María cover addressed to Chihuahua with pair of 1r Yellowand with superb strike of Schatzkès #158A. NF $170 as singles off cover. (Image)

Chihuahua Parral, Chihuahua 2r green first plate, singles with good margins all around, each used cover dated 1857, one from Parral to Durango with 2r apple green (Schatzkès #160), the other from Chihuahua to Parral with a 2r plate1 (#136); both covers exhibition items with bright stamps and neat postmarks. Guadalupe y Calvo 2r emerald, generous margins, on attractive cover dated 1857 (#155), and single off cover with Mineral de Jesus in red (#158), great margins and used in this small town. NF $290 as singles off-cover. (Image)

Chihuahua ½r -2r group of fourteen stamps, most of them displaying good margins and great cancels, with singles and pairs, as well as one cover bearing 2r addressed to Valsequillo. Including ½r blue: Guajuquilla (Schatzkès #156), Guadalupe y Calvo (#155A); 1r yellow: Chihuahua (#138), Mineral de Jesus (#158), Guadalupe y Calvo (#155), Parral (#160); 2r emerald and olive: Guadalupe y Calvo (#155), Chihuahua on and off cover (#136); 2r green: Guadalupe y Calvo (#155) , Paso del Norte (#163), Parral (#160). NF $654 as singles off-cover. (Image)

Chihuahua Parral 4r red, a magnificent example with very good margins, in combination with 1r yellow on piece, tied by framed "Parral" in blue (Schatzkès #160). Only 2,648 stamps were issued but only few are known. NF $620. (Image)

Chihuahua 4r red, three larges margins, clear at left, on March 7, 1857 entire letter addressed to Parral. (Schatzkès #136). Very few 4r on cover are recorded from this district . NF $600 as single off-cover. (Image)

Chihuahua Guadalupe y Calvo 4r red, large margins all around, on cover addressed to Mazatlán, dated 1857 and tied by straight-line handstamp in red (Schatzkès #155). This may be the only recorded 4r cover from this town. NF $600 as single off-cover. (Image)

Chihuahua and Durango 4r red, two bisects with good margins, each cut vertically, tied by Allende and Gavilanes postmarks (Schatzkès #145 and #254). A very scarce duo from two districts which used bisects sporadically, probably with just a handful extant. Certs. Mepsi (1993, 1995). (Image)

Chihuahua Parral 4r red, a very well margined bisect on May 5, 1858 entire letter to Durango, tied by bold strike on dispatch (Schatzkès #160). Very few bisect usages are known from this district. Scott $250 from a common district. (Image)

Chihuahua Rosales 4r Red, large margins all around, bisect on undated cover addressed to Parral, tie by framed handstamp in red (Schatzkès #165). Trivial staining and bleached spot not detracting from this, one of the few splits known from this district. Scott $250 from a common district. Ex Erich Koenig. (Image)

Cuautitlán 1r yellow, narrow or touched margins, used on a rare January 20, 1860 entire letter to Mexico City, tied by faint strike of oval dispatch postmark (Schatzkès #198). Cover professionally cleaned. Only 2,350 1 real stamps were issued. Cert. Mepsi (1978). NF $700 as single off-cover. (Image)

Cuernavaca ½r blue, group of seven stamps, generally excellent margins, including two pairs with and without the overprint (Schatzkès #218), as well as strip of three out of district Mexico cancelled with bold cancel (#821). NF $420 as singles. (Image)

Cuernavaca ½r and 2r group of four items, including two very attractive ½r pairs (one with pressed-out crease) showing two bold Cuernavaca postmarks (Schatzkès #218, #219), a curious cover bearing a 2r (#218) with octagonal cut (horizontal crease), and a striking 2r cancelled at Ixtla with its extravagant handstamp (Schatzkès #223). NF $256 as singles off-cover.

Durango Nombre de Dios ½r blue, pair on a very attractive cover with a faint and rare Nombre de Dios cancel (Schatzkès #276), as well as two bold Durango handstamps (#235), most likely applied on receipt. NF $100 as singles off cover. (Image)

Durango ½r blue, group of three items: Durango strip of four with large generous margins on cover front (#234), Cuencamé pair with close margins cutting into (#248) and a very attractive Papasquiaro strip of four (small and faint corner crease) cut into or touching in two small places (#280). NF $500 as singles. (Image)

Durango Nazas 2r green, exhibiting value tablet repeated in margin above stampd, excellent margins and very cleanly cancelled by two handstamps of Nazas and Durango receiving dotted type (Schatzkès #235, 273). A scarce error only occurring in positions 48 and 54. Cert. Mepsi (1995). NF $225. (Image)

Guadalajara Zapotlán ½r blue, a very fresh and well margined strip of three, and additionally a pair used on April 11, 1857 cover addressed to Guadalajara and dated April 11, 1857. A scarce usage from a small town (Schatzkès #440), . NF $175 as singles off cover. (Image)