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81 imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Zacatecas 8r. Lilac, used on registered cover front from Sombrerete to Zacatecas dated May 24, 1860, and arrival on May 28 alongside. Stamp has large margins all around. Front is creased and slightly aged. On reverse, on 28 May, annotated as received by the recipient and signed, as stipulated by the postal rules. Sold for $5,000 in the 2000 Regency auction (lot #6085). 2024 MEPSI certificate, signed Shelton. Scott 5.
Note: Very few registered fronts have survived, as the standard.
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Est. £1,500-2,500


Will close during Public Auction
82 imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Zacatecas 8r. Lilac, quadrisect in combination with two 1r. Yellow, mainly good margins, tied by Fresnillo h.s. to an attractive cover addressed to Guanajuato; horizontal filing fold that does not affect the stamps. While this cover may have been professionally cleaned, this is not mentioned in the opinion; however, we note it for accuracy. Very few covers exist exhibiting a split of the 8r. used in conjunction with a complete stamp of any denomination. MEPSI certificate. Scott 2, 5d.
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
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Est. £2,500-3,500


Will close during Public Auction
83 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Zacatecas Manuscript Overprint ½r. Blue with manuscript overprint, pre-printing paper fold, three good margins, touched on one side, cancelled with Aguascalientes datestamp; tiny and almost invisible pin hole. Only fourteen examples are recorded, of which six off cover.. MEPSI certificate. Scott 1; NF $2,500. (Image1)

Est. £1,200-1,500


Will close during Public Auction
84 imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Zacatecas Manuscript Overprint ½r. Blue, strip of four with margins varying from complete to ample, just very slightly cut into at top left, affixed to a pristine cover originating from Fresnillo, with excellent cancellations. The cover was either taken privately or sent via the mail service to Aguascalientes, where it was posted and cancelled for onward transmission. This legendary showpiece is one of only two recorded covers, showcasing the largest known multiple of this provisional. While we have not seen the other known cover, the outstanding state of preservation of the cover presented here is noteworthy; it was sold for $16,000 at the 2000 Regency auction (lot #5575). MEPSI certificate. Scott 1; NF $10,000 as single stamps off cover.
Note: When Zacatecas was about to be taken by the Conservatives,.
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Est. £7,500-10,000


Will close during Public Auction
85 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Zacatecas Manuscript Overprint 1r. Yellow and 2r. Green, group of four items including a well-margined 2r. on cover from Aguascalientes to San Luis Potosí, dated December 27, 1858, one 1r. off cover, two pieces including one with three 1r. singles, the other with 1r. and 2r. Margins are mostly good, though some stamps are touching or cut into at the bottom. As the Conservatives were about to take Zacatecas, the postmaster left the city and temporarily relocated to Aguascalientes; he brought the stamps but not the overprinting device, resulting in all the stamps being overprinted manually. Scott 2, 3; NF $1,400 as singles off cover., ,
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
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Est. £400-600


Will close during Public Auction
86 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts ½r. Blue, group of 48 stamps with singles, pairs and strips of four, two cover fronts, one cover and an early Mexico district registered-mail front, displaying fresh examples and in good condition, often with attractive margins, with districts including Mazatlán, Veracruz, Córdova and Mexico. The registered cover front is addressed to Morelia, dated August 21, 1856 and franked by 1r., featuring the earliest cancel used in Mexico City (Schatzkès #826); part of the franking missing, nevertheless most likely representing one of the earliest dates known. Mazatlán includes 17 stamps (Mazatlán, Cosala, Culiacán and Sinaloa); the other two cover fronts originate from El Fuerte y Cosala. Veracruz comprises 31 stamps (Veracruz, Alvarado, San Andrés Cosamaloapan, Minatitlán and Otatitlán). Córdova is represented by one cover from Huatusco. Scott 1; NF $1,855 as singles off-cover., , (Image1)

Est. £700-1,000


Will close during Public Auction
87 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts ½r. Blue, group of 42 stamps, nearly all used and representing 27 districts, of high interest as stamps were chosen for quality, margins and freshness out of a collection, the largest featuring the number one ever assembled. It includes singles, pairs and strips, with districts comprising Apam, Chalco, Chiapas, Córdova, Cuernavaca, Durango (Cerro Gordo), Guanajuato, Hermosillo, Lagos, Jalapa, Mazatlán, Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca, Orizava, Pachuca, Puebla, Saltillo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Tampico, Toluca, Tulancingo, Veracruz, Victoria and Zacatecas. A fantastic assembly to start a #1 district collection. Scott 1; NF $1,940 as singles off-cover. (Image1)

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Est. £1,000-1,500


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88 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts ½r. Blue, group of 72 stamps (singles, pairs, and strips of four), 10 covers (including four entire letters), and one cover front, with districts including Apam, Chalco, Chiapas, Córdova, Durango, Jalapa, Guanajuato, Mexico, Pachuca, Tampico, Veracruz, and Querétaro. Highlights feature a strip of four from Jalapa (tight margins at bottom) with PF opinion, an impressive double impression with MEPSI certificate (Scott $150), strip of four with Chiapas pen cancel (narrow margin at bottom), Yatee pair, Papasquiaro strip of four, Mineral del Monte, Actopan, Cuéncame (cut into pair), and the very rare Soto la Marina strip of four. The covers are in good condition, with five paying the 1856 single rate; including two particularly attractive examples from Veracruz (pair and strip of four), Mexico vertical pair paying the single rate, and Durango pair with mute cancel. The stamps are generally in good condition, often with three or four good margins. Scott 1, $5,070., ,, (Image1)

Est. £2,000-3,000


Will close during Public Auction
89 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts 8r. Lilac, trio of used stamps from Morelia, Oaxaca and Campeche districts, the first one preserving margins all around (signed Stout), the other two stamps with clear to mainly good margins. The Campeche example is signed and originates from the Burrus and Bash collections. Scott 5; NF $ 1,230.
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
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Est. £400-600


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90 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts Assembly comprising 94 stamps, 10 covers, and 4 cover fronts. Stamps include: ½r. Blue (11), 2r. Emerald (5, with one from Cuernavaca, NF $100), 4r. Red (8, one as a bisect on piece), 8r. Lilac signed Carl Lange, and the remaining are primarily 1r. (including a pair with the rare stagecoach oval cancel) as well as 2r. Districts represented include Guanajuato, Veracruz, Morelia, Mazatlán, Zacatecas, Mexico, Puebla, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Durango, Morelia, Cordova, Tampico, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Lagos, Cuernavaca, Campeche, Chiapas, etc. Small towns are well represented, featuring Linares, Ciudad Guzmán, Talpa, Huatusco, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mapimí, Gavilanes, Irapuato, Diligencias de Cuernavaca, Angamacuticuaro, Misantla and Guaymas. Condition varies, with some stamps cut into or with minor faults, while others are very fine and with four margins. Several covers are highly attractive. Scott 1-5, 4a; NF $1,968 as singles off-cover., , (Image1)

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Est. £500-750


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91 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts Group of six covers and three stamps off cover, including two stampless covers -one carried internally (1852) and the other from Campeche to New York (1868)-, alongside four covers with three different frankings: Juchipila to Guadalajara (½r. Blue strip of four), Huejuca (Zacatecas) to Guadalajara (1r. Yellow single), Mexico to Puebla (½r. Blue single), and Tabasco to Puebla (½r. Blue strip of four). The two off-cover examples are 1r. Yellow, from Mexico district, used in Perote and a pair from Huachinango. Margins are intact on all except the Juchipila cover, which has one margin slightly touching. Includes one MEPSI certificate. Most items are from the Mazepa collection, with other provenances including Haiman and Pérez Salazar. Scott 1, 2., (Image1)

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Est. £500-600


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92 imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts Trio comprising two attractive covers and one multiple off cover, including Mazatlán ½r. Blue in vertical strip of three with adjacent stamp (L-shaped), cancelled on February 4, 1857 cover to Mazatlán by Panuco oval mute h.s.; Monterrey 1r. Yellow pair with three clear margins, cut into at left, on entire letter tied by Villa de García cancellation, with some stains and creases not affecting the franking; and ½r. block of four used on piece, cancelled by Ahualulco h.s. Scott 1, 2., ,
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
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Est. £300-500


Will close during Public Auction
93 imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts A group of five attractive covers, featuring: Maravatío to Morelia (2r. Green), Colima (Morelia district) to Mexico (½r. Blue and 1r. Yellow), Colima to Sayula (2r. Green), Morelia to León (½r. solo use with printed circular), and Indaparapeo (Maravatío district) to Morelia (1r. Yellow). The condition is good, with margins present all around. Some items originate from the Larrañaga and Mazepa collections. Scott 1-3. (Image1)

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Est. £350-500


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94 imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts Group of ten covers, including three entire letters, several featuring the 1856 single rate, with the most remarkable being a cover from Tuxpan-Huejutla district to Veracruz, bearing a 2r. Emerald, three margins, one cut into at bottom, NF $150 off cover; others include: Chihuahua (2r.), Durango (1r.), Papasquiaro (two 1r.), Colima (1r. vertical pair), Zacatecas (½r. Blue pair), Cosamaloapan (2r. Green), Mexico (½r. Blue solo use), Querétaro (½r. Blue solo use), and Veracruz (two 1r.), Scott 1-3, 3b. (Image1)

Est. £500-700


Will close during Public Auction
95 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts Group of five covers and five stamps off cover from Durango, Lagos, and Córdova districts. Durango features three covers, including one with three singles of 1r. from Durango to Mexico City, a combination of 1r. and two ½r. with dramatic red cancel from Peñón Blanco to Durango, and a 4r. bisect used from Gavilanes to Durango; one Córdova cover from Huatusco to Puebla bearing one 2r.; and an entire letter with two ½r. pairs from Lagos to "wherever he is found to be." The stamps off cover are all ½r. and comprise a Guanaceví pair (margins all around), an Encarnación single (cut into at left), and a Lagos pair on piece (cut into at right and left). Several originating from the Mazepa collection. Scott 1, 2, 4a; NF $733 as singles off cover., (Image1)

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Est. £400-600


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96 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts Group of two covers and five stamps, including a cover from Colima (Morelia) to Sayula bearing a 2r., and another cover addressed to Guadalajara with a ½r. Blue single on printed matter, both stamps with complete margins. The stamps off cover include four ½r. Blue from Morelia, Mérida, Miahuatlán and Oaxaca, plus a 2r. from Monterrey featuring a scarce manuscript cancel from Apodaca. Scott 1, 3; NF $311 as singles off-cover., ,
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
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Est. £300-400


Will close during Public Auction
97 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts Group of three covers, two cover fronts, and six stamps off cover, mostly featuring good margins all around, including four covers/cover fronts with ½r. Blue, including Puebla pair used at San Martín Texmelucan, two pairs from Orizaba, a single from Oaxaca with a rare and very attractive Teposcolula cancel, and two Mazatlán singles on cover from San Sebastián; additionally one cover bearing Pachuca 2r. Green used at Actopan. There are three items off cover featuring the ½r. Blue, including one single from Orizaba, one pair from Pachuca (Atotonilco), and one pair used on piece in combination with 2r., cancelled at Orizaba. All items are fresh and visually appealing. Scott 1, 3; NF $588 as singles off cover., ,
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
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Est. £300-400


Will close during Public Auction
98 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts Group of five covers and nine off-cover stamps, the latter including: Apam ½r. Blue cancelled in Teotihuacán; Acapulco with two ½r. pairs showing different cancellations; Campeche ½r. and a rare 2r. Emerald with double overprint; Chalco ½r. cancelled in Texcoco; and Guanajuato ½r. on piece, postmarked at Piedra Gorda. The covers include two with ½r. Blue (one bearing a single and the other a pair), a striking 2r. Green on cover, and two very attractive Veracruz covers with 2r. Emerald, one additionally franked by ½r. All items are in good condition, with most showing four margins all around or on three sides. Scott 1, 3, 3b; NF $903 as singles off cover.,
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
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Est. £500-700


Will close during Public Auction
99 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts Choice group including a 2r. Blue-Green on entire letter from Veracruz, with the remaining items featuring ½r. Blue stamps: a Mazatlán block of four cancelled at Culiacán, mostly with large margins and a frame line, just slightly cut into at the base; a Hermosillo pair cancelled with a red Álamos h.s.; and two singles from Maravatío (used at Zitácuaro) and Morelia. Scott 1, 3a.,
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
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Est. £250-350


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100 Used imageMexico. 1856 Issue. Various Districts Assembly comprising 17 stamps and 2 covers addressed to Mexico City. The covers include one with a 2r. Emerald from Querétaro to Mexico (signed Aguirre) and another with a ½r. Blue from Toluca, both with good margins. The off-cover items feature the ½r. Blue and include a Querétaro vertical strip of four with a natural pre-printing paper fold at top (slight creases at bottom), Saltillo strip of four with red Villa de Múzquiz cancellation, a Tabasco strip of three with a dramatic natural pre-printing fold in the centre, and three rare pairs: Tampico (Ozuluama), Toluca (Temascaltepec, slightly touched at left), and Tula (Zimapán, touched/cut into at top and bottom). Scott 1, 3b; NF $870 as singles off cover.,
Provenance: James P. Mazepa.
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Est. £600-800


Will close during Public Auction

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