General issues. 1861, 1/2r black on buff, "QUERETARO", hor. block of 12 incl. two complete rows with sheet margins on sides, just one stamp hinged, otherwise n.h., vertical crease left of margin of stamps 4th and 10th, very fine and rare; cert. MEPSI (2014). (Image)

1861, 1r black on green "TAMPICO", tied by "CORREOS/FRANCO/TAMPICO" double oval on April 28, 1864 entire letter to Paris, redirected inland, alongside French and British charges, "GB/1F60c" and Calis entry cds, double' arc Tampico ds in red, London, Paris and arrival cds's on back, scarce. (Image)

1861 (Aug 28). Entire letter to Madrid handed in to the British Consulate at Mexico City (corresponding cachet on back), endorsed "Por Extraord°. Paqte Ingles", with 1861 2r black on pink, very slightly cut into at right, tied by Mexico City cds to prepay postage to Veracruz, with crowned "PAID/AT/VERACRUZ" circle superbly struck (matching ds on reverse), "1/-" ms charge, "4R" due on receipt, backstamped at Havana, London, Irún and Madrid, carried by the "Trent" and transshipped at Havana to the "Tasmanian", a delightful and very rare cover with about 15 or 20 examples recorded bearing this crowned circle hs; signed Bash and Todd. (Image)

1864, 1r ultramarine, "GUANAJUATO" 1st period, on cover to Guanajuato tied by neat "CORREOS/YRAPUATO" (Schatzkès 497) negative cancel with inserted ms date "Mayo 20 de 1864", a lovely usage; signed Todd; ex Schatzkès. (Image)

1871 (Aug 12). Entire letter from Veracruz to Genoa, franked by 1868 12c cut slightly into at left, tied by cds on departure , with French "VERA-CRUZ/PAQ. FR. B N°1" denoting carriage by the "St. Nazaire", charged with postage due 1L on arrival, scarce; signed Bash. (Image)

Mexico Maritime Mail balance collection. 1827-67, assembly of 26 covers written up on exhibition pages incl. one 1864 French Expedition mail, 1868 25c (2) on envelope to France, French Maritime consular ds's, Packet Letter markings, viewing essential. (Image)

1856-73, assembly comprising: two used first-issue sets, rare piece showing 1856 1r yellow pair incl. one bisect together with 2r hor. bisect, as well as 12 covers including 1856 8r quadrisected example tied by pen strokes on letter from Aguscalientes to Guadalajara (signed as "postal fraud" by Todd), a scarce group. (Image)

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)