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Lot# 5513 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 5513 Mexico

    Saltillo 1872: 100 c. grey-lilac, imperforate, a single used example with ample margins all round, used on registered cover, no side flaps, from Saltillo to Aguascalientes, cancelled by oval framed CERTIFI / CADO handstamp with two further strikes at corners of the cover, also tied by framed "CERTIFICACION AL SALTILLO / SALIO EN 2 Febr, 1874" with date in manuscript (Schatzkes figs. 1354, 1360). Transit in manuscript of "Potosi Feb 6, 1874" and receipted as received in Aguascalinetes on Feb 9 on reverse. Scarce and attractive.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF