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  • Lot# : 4127 Mexico

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    Vera Cruz 8 r. violet, two fine single examples of rich colour, overlapped by 4 r. carmine, overlapping 2 r. emerald and ½ r. blue, all used on delightful piece, tied by two complete strikes of oval VERA CURZ datestamp (Schatzkes fig. 1744) in black dated 31. OCTBRE 1856. A wonderful and staggeringly pretty piece showing a four colour franking and without doubt one of the finest and most attractive items in Mexican classic, or indeed all, philately. Cert. Mepsi (1978).

    Provenance: Collection Maurice Burrus (April 1864) lot 32.
                            Collection Albert Quast (Dec 1968) lot 368.
                           Collection Franz-Josef Strieker (Oct 1982) lot 1763.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF