Losnr. 4559 - 244.-249. Auktion
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Losnr. : 4559 Mexiko
Mazatlan 1861: 8 r. black on red-brown, a fine vertically bisected example showing part vertical guideline at left, used as 4 reales and tied to September 28, 1861 cover to Puerto de Mazatlan by bold strike of wreathed FRANCO / EN / CULIACAN handstamp (Schatzkes fig. 760) in black. At this date Mazatlan had received 1'000 stamps of the 8 reales (the previous shipment being lost in transit), the stock of just 660 of the 4 reales having been exhausted. It is interesting to note that the voluminous sale of the Erich Koenig 'Splits' had no example of a bisected usage from Mazatlan. An extremely fine and rare Sub-Office franking. Photocopy of cert. Jaretzky (1987).rnrnProvenance: Collection Peter Broennimann, Corinphila sale 192, 18 Nov 2014, lot 4224.rnrnAusruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 500 CHF