Mexico

**Mexico**
Lot	Symbol	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
1		Mexico. Stampless Mail. Incoming Stampless Maritime Covers with Forwarding Agents , 1845-60's group of eight stampless maritime foreign covers (all but one are entires), with several featuring Encaminadores forwarding agent cachets such as: M. de Santelices (Habana, 1856), Hargous Brothers (N.Y., 1856), others with interesting agents in manuscript. Mostly in excellent condition, originating from Bremen, Santiago, two from Spain with stamps, Rockport, Havana, Paris, etc., and destinations being Tabasco, Veracruz, Durango, Mexico, Zacatecas, Veracruz and San Luis Potosí. (Image1)	Est. £250-350 Will close during Public Auction
2		Mexico. Stampless Mail. Outgoing Stampless Maritime Covers with Forwarding Agents, 1836-60's group of 28 stampless covers (all but two being entires), with forwarding agent cahcets including Neron Whittenez, Gutiérrez y Victoria (Tampico, 1860), José Ignacio Franco, H. Lariche & Co, Federico F. Schutz, Diusemat (1836), Capdevilla y Pinke (1836), M. de Santelices (1858 Habana), D'Oleyre y Cía (1861, Veracruz). Mail originating from Zacatecas, Mexico, Matamoros, Puebla, Tamiahua, and sent to the United States, Great Britain and France. Mainly in very fine condition. (Image1)	Est. £350-500 Will close during Public Auction
3		Mexico. Stampless Mail. Stampless Republican Covers, 1840's-1856 group of 28 domestic covers (all but five are entires) from Tuxpan, Querétaro, Mazatlán, Santa Ana de Tamaulipas, Durango, Veracruz, Mexico, Chihuahua, Veracruz, Campeche, San Luis Potosí, among others. Mostly in excellent condition. (Image1)	Est. £250-350 Will close during Public Auction
4		Mexico. Stampless Mail. "Sello Negro" Mail, 1859-72 group of 15 domestic covers, all but three being entires, and one official registered cover front (Mérida 1878, not a sello negro, but stampless), includingMazatlán, Guadalajara, Magiscatzin, Carro, Matamoros, Saltillo, Durango, Mexico (printed matter), Parras, Colima, Catorce, Durango, Sello Negros were used during the stamp period when there were no stamps available in the post office. A Very attractive group in very good condition. (Image1)	Est. £200-300 Will close during Public Auction
5	Proof	Mexico. 1856 Issue. Proof 2r. Light Green, engraved proof on the definitive paper, strip of six from the wide plate consisting of 60 units, featuring a stitch watermark and exhibiting different spacings than the original settings, without gum. Of the three types of proofs recorded in the first issue, this is the only known example of this particular type; a significant rarity from the first issue. Sold for $14,000 in the 2001 Regency auction (lot #1953). MEPSI certificate. Scott 3 (proof). Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £5,000-7,500 Will close during Public Auction
6		Mexico. 1856 Issue. No overprint ½r. Blue, an outstanding horizontal block of 18 (6x3), positions 31 to 48, possessing full o.g. and good to large margins, displaying a sharp impression and great freshness. Vertical crease between stamps with a small cut at top and couple of small tone spots. A very rare and appealing exhibition item. Scott 1; NF $1,410 as blocks and singles., Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £2,000-3,000 Will close during Public Auction
7		Mexico. 1856 Issue. Acapulco Provisional Usage 2r. Green, small margin at right, otherwise good to ample, provisionally used in 1868 on a very fine cover dated March 16, 1868, at Iguala. MEPSI certificate. Scott 3. Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £1,500-2,500 Will close during Public Auction
8		Mexico. 1856 Issue. Aguascaltes 2r. Yellow Green, a well-margined example on an entire letter to Guadalajara dated March 19, 1864, featuring a well-struck cancellation that does not tie the cover, which is typically found thus due to the shape of the cancel. The date on the cover confirms its authenticity. According to the Mazepa sale, this is the only known cover bearing a 2r. from this district; no census is available to us. In excellent condition. Scott 3; NF $650 as a single off cover. Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £800-1,200 Will close during Public Auction
9		Mexico. 1856 Issue. Apam 1r. Yellow, blue overprint, first plate of 60 subjects, an impressive large block of twelve surrounded by large margins, with full original gum. Vertical crease between stamps as usually found in large multiples, small scissors' cut in margin at top and small stain on back between two stamps mentioned for accuracy. Very scarce and attractive. Signed Bash. Scott 2; NF $280 as blocks of four and singles. Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £500-750 Will close during Public Auction
10		Mexico. 1856 Issue. Campeche ½r. Blue, strip of four on entire letter from Mérida to Becal, dated April 3, 1860, showing ample margins at top and bottom, the others narrow. Filing crease lightly impinging on one of the stamps at right. Covers from this district are scarce, and this has the additional attribute, in contrast to others, of being in very fine condition. Scott 1; NF $360 as singles off cover. Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £400-600 Will close during Public Auction
11	Used	Mexico. 1856 Issue. Chihuahua Group of four choice items off cover, including three with ½r. Blue (margins all around): a pair with a faint red cancel on piece, a strip of four canceled in red at Mineral de Jesús María (believed to be unique), and a pair used at Guajuquilla (tiny pin hole at the bottom left); as well as a very attractive 2r. Emerald with huge margins used on piece at Valle de San Bartolomé. Scott 1, 3b; NF $800 as singles., Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £400-600 Will close during Public Auction
12	Used	Mexico. 1856 Issue. Chihuahua Group of four choice items, including two covers featuring a superb 2r. Emerald, full to large margins, tied by red Guadalupe y Calvo h.s. (large margins all around and frame line at top) and a colorful 2r. Green & ½r. Blue pair on cover from Chihuahua City; as well as two stamps off cover with one 1r. Yellow with Valle de San Bartolomé cancellation in blue, and one 2r Green with Batosegachic postmark. Scott 1-3, 3b; NF $348 as singles off cover., Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £300-400 Will close during Public Auction
13	Used	Mexico. 1856 Issue. Chihuahua 2r. Emerald, excellent margins on all sides, featuring a Río Florido red manuscript cancel. There is a nick at the top right. A very scarce cancel, further enhanced by being used on a stamp of this beauty. Scott 3b.. Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £300-450 Will close during Public Auction
14		Mexico. 1856 Issue. Chihuahua, Guadalajara Duo of bisects on cover, comprising a 4r. Red vertical bisect, just touching at left, cancelled in red in Guadalupe y Calvo and dated August 9, 1858, along with an 8r. Lilac vertical bisect with complete to ample margins on an entire letter from Guadalajara, dated December 23, 1856. Scott 4a, 5e, $1,150. Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £400-600 Will close during Public Auction
15		Mexico. 1856 Issue. Ciudad Bravos ½r. Blue, four singles showing clear to ample margins, on February 24, 1857 entire letter from Chilpancingo to Puebla, cancelled with Ciudad de Bravos handstamp. To our knowledge, a unique cover exhibiting this value, a significant rarity of the "Hidalgo" issue, as Ciudad Bravos was an active district post office for a very short period of time. Sold for €9,000 in a 2002 Afinsa auction (lot #22). 2024 MEPSI certificate. Scott 1; NF $14,000 for stamps as singles off cover. Provenance: Samuel Chapman, Marquis de Fayole, Joseph Schatzkès. (Image1)	Est. £4,000-6,000 Will close during Public Auction
16		Mexico. 1856 Issue. Ciudad Bravos 2r. Emerald, an unoverprinted example with ample margins, on entire letter dated July 4, 1857, from Ciudad Bravos to Acapulco, cancelled "C. de Bravos". The cover shows worm holes and file folds, none of which affect the stamp. A likely unique piece and a significant rarity of this issue. 2024 MEPSI certificate. Scott 3b (var); NF $2,250 as overprinted single. (Image1)	Est. £1,500-2,500 Will close during Public Auction
17		Mexico. 1856 Issue. Cuautitlán 1r. Yellow, with good margins, used on cover from Cuautitlán to Mexico, dated March 30. Only a maximum of four covers are known from this district, and this example is in particularly choice condition. MEPSI certificate. Scott 2. Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £1,200-1,600 Will close during Public Auction
18	Used	Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara ½r. Blue, group of three covers and one well-margined strip of three originating from small sub offices, including Tamazula cover with strip of four dated June 24, 1857 (three margins and one touching at bottom), Zacoalco pairs on two covers (different cancels) dated April 11 and April 24, 1857, one with three good-ample margins, touched at right, the other with ample margins all around. A very fine group with fresh stamps. Scott 1, $585., (Image1)	Est. £300-400 Will close during Public Auction
19		Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara ½r. Blue, two items, including one January 28, 1858 entire letter from Talpa to Guadalajara with two pairs, cancelled in manuscript; the other being a November 18, 1856 cover to Atotonilco, bearing one single tied by Guadalajara cancellation. Scott 1. Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £250-400 Will close during Public Auction
20		Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara ½r. Blue, two singles, and 1r. Yellow, all well-margined on very attractive and pristine cover from Tequila to Sayula dated September 20, 1857, showing a well-struck cancellation. Scott 1, 2. Provenance: James P. Mazepa. (Image1)	Est. £200-300 Will close during Public Auction