1838-44 Two entire letters to London, the earlier from Veracruz to London, describing how the French captured the Fort at San Juan de Ulúa, which provoked the Pastry War (first French invasion of Mexico) for which very few letters offer mention, charged 9s 3d; the latter bearing "FRANCO/EN/COSALA" laureate postmark, paying inland rate with ms "Pagó 4 Rs" on reverse, British "VERACRUZ" ds also on back and 2s 3d rate for sea and local carriage on front. (Image)

1861 & 1867 Two covers: 1867, 1r blue on thin grey blue paper, bottom-sheet margin, cut a bit into at top, single-franking cover from Mexico City to Toluca, quite scarce as only about 30 covers with this stamp are known (issued Sept. 1867 and exhausted by December), stamp shows marginal frame line at foot, fine; and 1861, 8r black on red-brown, quarter used as 2r on entire letter from Aguascalientes to Zacatecas, tied by mute grid cancel, dated Jan. 1st 1863, four days before the arrival of the shipment of 2r denominations which were exhausted from Dec. 1862; cert. Jaretzky. (Image)

1871 (May 1) Entire letter from Veracruz to Bordeaux, franked by well margined 1868 12c, tied by dispatch cds, "1F60c" accountancy marking, "20" charge, and London bs, carriage with involvement of the "Corsica" and "Neva", fine. (Image)