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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

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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

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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

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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

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). (Image1)

Est. $5,000-7,500

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Est. $2,000-3,000

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Est. $1,500-2,500

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Est. $800-1,200

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Est. $500-750

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Est. $400-600

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., (Image1)

Est. $400-600

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., (Image1)

Est. $300-400

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.. (Image1)

Est. $300-450

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Est. $400-600

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Est. $4,000-6,000

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Est. $1,500-2,500

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Est. $1,200-1,600

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

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Est. $250-400

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Est. $200-300

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Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara Group of four attractive covers (one entire), each with outstanding, well-struck cancels. Two covers bear ½r. Blue pairs: one from Talpa to Sayula, dated June 6, 1857 (three good margins, slightly cut into at right), and another from Tepic to Guadalajara with a red cancel dated December 27, 1856. Also included is a 2r. Green from Tuxpan, mailed in Cd. Guzmán to Guadalajara, dated November 18, 1857, featuring a spectacular ribbon cancel (three good margins, slightly cut into at right; tear on one interior flap). The last cover has a 1r. Yellow pair, cut into at right and bottom right, from Hostotipaquillo to Guadalajara, dated February 16, 1858, and signed by G. Lamy. Scott 1-3. (Image1)

Est. $500-700

Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara Trio comprising two attractive covers with outstanding, well-struck cancels, and one stamp off cover. Covers include a ½r. Blue single from Arandas to Guadalajara (three large margins, touching at left) and a 1r. Yellow single (three margins, touching at left) from Cd. Guzmán to Sayula. The off-cover stamp is a 2r. Green with the curious beehive cancel in red, showing four margins and a plate line at top. Scott 1-3., (Image1)

Est. $300-400

Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara Group including one cover with ½r. Blue strip of four (natural paper fold at bottom) tied by red Tepic cancel, cover front from Ahuacatlán to Guadalajara bearing 1r. Yellow strip of three; two pieces with frankings cancelled in red at Tepic featuring ½r. Blue + 1r. Yellow + 2r. Green and 1r. Yellow + ½r. Blue pair; as well as a magnificent ½r. pair from Tapalpa. Scott 1-3., , (Image1)

Est. $200-300

Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara Group of three covers and one cover front, including a well-margined 4r red vertical bisect with full margins, tied by an attractive mute cancel (dated January 11, 1858), a ½r blue pair on an October 19, 1856 cover from Zacoalco to Sayula, an impressive ½r blue block of four on cover from Guadalajara to Zapotlán (slightly cut into at top and left), and a cover front from Mascota to Talpa with a large-margined ½r pair cancelled in red. Scott 1, 4a; NF $665 as singles and block off-cover., , , (Image1)

Est. $300-400

Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guanajuato ½r. Blue, two rejoined pairs originally used as a block of four, margins all around and just slightly touching at right, postmarked in the small town of Piedra Gorda, and dated September 30, 1857. Scott 1; NF $300 as a block. (Image1)

Est. $200-300