Mexico continued...
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Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 61 |
Used |
 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Tepeji del Río ½ r. Blue, Mexico overprint, pair with good margins, just slightly touching at left, used with red postmark. Scott 1; NF $1,200
Provenance: James P.
Mazepa.
(Image1)
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Est. £300-450
Will close during Public Auction |
| 62 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Tepeji del Río-Mexico District ½r. pair on cover front, featuring a Mexico overprint from the direct shipment, with large margins and tied by a faint red cancel. A horizontal filing fold runs
through the stamps but does not detract from the overall fine appearance. Only 561 stamps were sent in the direct shipment. Scott 1; NF $1,200 as singles off cover.
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
(Image1)
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Est. £400-500
Will close during Public Auction |
| 63 |
Used |
 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Tlalpujahua ½r. Blue, a well-margined example cancelled at Angangueo. Scarce. Scott 1; NF $400.
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
(Image1)
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Est. £200-300
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| 64 |
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 Mexico. 1856 issue. Tlalpujahua 8r. Lilac, unused with original gum, featuring narrow to mainly wide margins, displaying exceptional freshness and visual appeal. An extraordinary rarity with only 163 examples
issued. Only four examples are recorded, and this is the sole known in unused condition. MEPSI certificate. Scott 5; NF $8,000 as used, with one used copy fetching $16,500 at auction in 2024. This unused example was last sold for $7,300 in
2003.
Provenance: Omar Rodríguez.
(Image1)
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Est. £7,500-10,000
Will close during Public Auction |
| 65 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Tulancingo ½r. Blue pair and 1r. Yellow, very fine examples with margins all around, tied to cover from Tulancingo to Tepeaca. Scott 1, 2; NF $140 as singles off cover but scarce on
cover.
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
(Image1)
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Est. £300-400
Will close during Public Auction |
| 66 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Veracruz ½r. Blue, vertical strip of four, lightly touched in part of the right margin, otherwise good margins, tied by a striking framed octagonal handstamp in blue, on cover dated March 2,
1857. An impressive exhibition item. Scott 1. (Image1)
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Est. £200-300
Will close during Public Auction |
| 67 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Veracruz ½r. Blue, displaying good margins on well-preserved cover from Tlacotalpam to Veracruz, dated October 20, 1856, with a very good strike of the dispatch cancel. Scott 1.
Note: Dated on the same day as the legendary Tlacotalpam Provisi.
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Est. £750-1,000
Will close during Public Auction |
| 68 |
Used  |
 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Veracruz 1r. Yellow, block of four, slightly touched or cut into at right and base, otherwise good margins, bright shade and clear impression, cancelled with Veracruz h.s. Horizontal crease
between stamps not detracting. Holcombe certificate. Scott 2; NF $1,150 as a used block of four.,
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
(Image1)
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Est. £350-500
Will close during Public Auction |
| 69 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Veracruz 8r. Lilac, an exceptionally fresh strip of three with full to clear margins, on an attractive cover from Veracruz to Puebla dated January 4, 1859. A very appealing example of the very
scarce 24 reales "Extraordinario" rate for expedited delivery, requiring double the regular postage. Sold for $5,250 at the 2000 Regency auction (lot #5532). 2024 MEPSI certificate. Scott 5; NF $1,500 as an off-cover strip.
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
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Est. £2,500-3,500
Will close during Public Auction |
| 70 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Veracruz Trio of covers bearing single frankings of 1r. Yellow, 2r. Green and 4r. Red, all cancelled in Tlacotalpam and addressed to Veracruz, showing an excellent condition, with well-struck
cancellations and stamps with margins all around. MEPSI certificate for the 1r. Scott 2-4.
Note: This town owes its philatelic celebrity to the legendary T.
(Image1)
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Est. £400-600
Will close during Public Auction |
| 71 |
Used |
 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Veracruz 2r. Emerald, a strip of four with excellent margins all around, featuring a small nick at the bottom right, cancelled on September 11, 1856. Based on the date, this was used to pay the
single rate. This is the largest recorded multiple, as confirmed by the N. Follansbee catalogue. NF $4,000 as a strip of four. 2024 MEPSI certificate. Scott 3b.
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
(Image1)
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Est. £1,500-2,500
Will close during Public Auction |
| 72 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Veracruz 4r., single and horizontal bisect, lightly tied by dispatch cancellation to entire letter from Veracruz to Puebla, dated February 12, 1858. MEPSI certificate stating "no opinion",
indicating the committee could not reach a consensus; this does not imply the item is a forgery. The main concern is that the Veracruz district had no known need for bisects, given its ample supply of lower denominations, especially from the main
office in the city. However, this item may represent a postal fraud by reusing a cancelled stamp and converting it into a bisect, potentially orchestrated by the addressee in collusion with a postal clerk. A very interesting item, sold "as is". Scott
4, 4a.
Provenance: Robert A. Paliafito, James P. Mazepa.
(Image1)
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Est. £500-750
Will close during Public Auction |
| 73 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Victoria 2r. Emerald, three examples on entire letter from Tula de Tamaulipas to San Luis Potosí, cancelled by two red postmarks on dispatch and dated on June 25, 1857. Filing fold not
affecting the franking. A very high rate from a rare district. MEPSI certificate. Scott 3b.
Provenance: R. R. Jones, James P. Mazepa.
(Image1)
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Est. £600-800
Will close during Public Auction |
| 74 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Victoria 2r. Emerald, mainly very large margins, on entire letter from Tula de Tamaulipas to San Luis Potosí, tied by red postmark on dispatch, on July 13, 1857. Filing fold clear away from the
franking. A very fine showpiece from a difficult district. Signed Bash. Scott 3b.
Provenance: John K. Bash.
(Image1)
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Est. £400-600
Will close during Public Auction |
| 75 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Zacatecas ½r. Blue, group of five covers, of which three entire letters, with attractive handstamps of Zacatecas, Fresnillo, Aguascalientes and Saín Alto, with frankings including four strips
of four (horizontal and vertical) and two pairs to pay the 2r. rate. The Saín Alto single rate cover is franked by one single and is dated October 1856. All in great condition, mostly with margins all around. Scott 1. (Image1)
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Est. £400-600
Will close during Public Auction |
| 76 |
Used |
 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Zacatecas ½r. Blue, a group of four items including two covers, one bearing two pairs from Zacatecas to Durango, and the other with a pair from Fresnillo to Zacatecas (first rate); an
attractive cover front featuring a single used from Chalchihuites to Santa Mónica; and a block of four off cover cancelled in Sombrerete. Scott 1; NF $425 for the strip and the block off cover., , ,
Provenance: James P.
Mazepa.
(Image1)
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Est. £300-400
Will close during Public Auction |
| 77 |
Used |
 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Zacatecas 1r. Yellow, used block of four, slightly cut into on one side, otherwise with full to ample margins, vertically cancelled with two very fine strikes. Very few blocks of four of this
value exist from any district, since a 4r. denomination was typically used to pay this rate, making this most likely the sole recorded example from Zacatecas. MEPSI certificate. Scott 2; NF $1,150. (Image1)
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Est. £350-450
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| 78 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Zacatecas 4r. Red, vertical bisect on entire letter from Aguascalientes to Zacatecas, tied by "0" h.s. and boxed datestamps on September 17, 1858. Filing fold not affecting the stamp. Very
attractive. Scott 4a; $250. (Image1)
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Est. £200-300
Will close during Public Auction |
| 79 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Zacatecas Trio of highly attractive covers bearing 4r. Red bisects with margins all around, sent from San Miguel del Mezquital to Zacatecas (dated July 24, 1858, signed Lamy), from Sombrerete
to Tlaltenango (August 3, 1858), and from Chalchihuites to Durango (July 7, 1858). A rare ensemble of bisects originating from small towns. Scott 4a; NF $675.
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
(Image1)
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Est. £400-600
Will close during Public Auction |
| 80 |
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 Mexico. 1856 Issue. Zacatecas Group of four covers, including two entire letters from Aguascalientes to San Luis Potosí, each bearing two ½r. and one 1r.; one cover with a ½r. strip of four addressed to Mexico
City; two covers from Zacatecas to Guanajuato with a 2r. and a ½r. pair; and one cover sent to Mexico City featuring a 4r. bisect. Mostly good margins. Scott 1-3, 4a. (Image1)
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Est. £350-450
Will close during Public Auction |
