Guadalajara. 1867, first printing, 1r on dark blue and 2r on green medium wove paper, touched or cut a bit into, lightly tied by wreath hs's on 1867, Feb. 21 entire letter to León, with oval "CORREOS/GUADALAJARA" ds at right, the 1 real being very rare used on cover, with only about five examples recorded. (Image)

1867, first printing, 1r on white medium wove paper, two examples, complete to wide margins, tied by two strikes of wreath fancy cancel on cover to León, with "CORREOS/GUADALAJARA" oval ds dated on January 24th alongside -first month of issue-, one of only about five covers recorded bearing this stamp, this also represents the second earliest date of usage. (Image)

1867, first printing, overprinted "C.-Guzman.", 2r on green medium wove paper, tied by 'bow' fancy cancel on undated cover to Guadalajara, hor. crease passing through the Guzmán overprint, only about ten covers are known bearing the Ciudad Guzmán overprint; signed Gilbert. (Image)

1867, second printing, 2r on green thin quadrille paper, infrequently cut to shape, on June 18, 1867 entire letter from Sayula to Aguascalientes, tied by fine "FRANCO/SAYULA" double-oval hs, only six or seven covers are recorded from this small town (it was a usual practice in some small towns to cut to shape the stamps, and those are scarcer thus); cert. R.P.S. (1950). (Image)

1867, second printing, 2r on green thin quadrille paper, serrate perforation, tied by 'bow' fancy cancel on 1867, June 3 folded cover from Guadalajara to Tapalpa, some cover edge imperfections, a very scarce stamp used on cover. (Image)

1867, third printing, 1r on blue imperforate thin oblong quadrille paper, well margined pair used on single rate 1867, Oct. 11 folded cover to Guanajuato, tied by "CORREOS/GUADALAJARA" oval ds, a scarce multiple on cover. (Image)

1868, fourth printing, 2r on lilac imperforate wove paper, large margins all around, used on 1868, July 16 folded cover to Guadalajara, tied by superb negative "CORREOS/TEPIC" circular hs with matching "FRANQUEADO/TEPIC." oval with inserted date of dispatch in ms, two minor cover repairs of no importance, a delightful example of this appealing and very rare cancellation usage on cover. (Image)

Guadalajara. Group of 18 covers mainly bearing single frankings, the most remarkable items being 3rd printing 1r green + 2r rose, and 2nd printing 2r green on serrate perf. on laid baton paper (partial double serrate perf) + 3rd printing 1r blue, viewing essential. (Image)

Guadalajara. 1867-68 assembly comprising 14 stamps and six covers (two RPS and one MEPSI certs), including two serrate perf. values together on piece with PF cert., and 1867 2r on thin blue wove paper (Scott unlisted) on cover with 1978 MEPSI cert., mainly very fine; viewing essential. (Image)