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Lot# 5480 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 5480 Mexico

    Guadalajara 1856: 4 r. carmine in a horizontal strip of three with single 2 r. yellow-green, good margins all round, all used on a small piece from registered cover, neatly tied by 'FRANCO / GUADALAJRA' datestamps (21 June 1858) and part 'mute whirl' handstamps, denoting the registration at top, struck in black (Schatzkes figs. 297, 300). The central 4 r. with slight double print of the 'Correos Mejico' ribbon. A fine and scarce multiple. Signed Calves, Todd AIEP.rnrnProvenance: Collection Roberto Garcia Larranaga, Nov 1957, lot 115.rn                   Corinphila sale 59, October 1976, lot 5083.rn                   Collection Peter Broennimann, Corinphila sale 192, Nov 2014, lot 4087.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold