Lot# 6698 - Auction 265-273

Guanajuato 1864: First period Eagle ½ r. brown, two single examples with good to large margins all round, District name only, just 500 invoiced, used on 1864 entire letter to Mexico tied by "GUANAJUATO / FRANCO" datestamp in black (Schatzkes fig. 477) . A rare and most attractive usage. Cert. Holcombe (1997).rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Aguiulas', Soler y Llach, Barcelona, 25 Feb 1997, lot 3016.