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  • Lot# : 1527 Mexico

    1856/74: Covers/entire letters (6), with 1856 2 r. green used on 1858 cover from Guadalajara to Mazatlan, 1862 entire from Pachuca franked by 1861 1 r. black on green tied by two line 'Franco En / Pachuca' in black, 1868 6 c. brown (5/71) in a fine imperforate horizontal strip of four used on October 1871 entire from San Luis Potosi to Salinas, 1868 25 c. on cover, 1872 25 c. red on cover from Lagos, 1874 25 c. on cover ex Durango.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1528 Mexico

    1899: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. printer's salesman's sample for the 1899/1903 issue with 1 c. in blue-green (issued in green), 3 c. in violet (issued in orange-brown), 10 c. in orange & blue (as issued in 1903), 15 c. in blue & rose (issued in lavender & claret), 20 c. in black & blue-green (issued in dark blue & rose), 50 c. in black & blue (issued in black & red-lilac), 1 p. in black & orange (issued in black & blue) and 5 p. in black & brown (issued in black & carmine); all eight Imperforate and affixed to card, perforated SPECIMEN horizointally. A delightful and rare group.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1529 Mexico

    1910: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. printer's salesman's sample for the Independence issue with 1 c. in green (issued in violet), 2 c. in steel blue (issued in green), 3 c. in red-brown (issued in orange-brown), 5 c. in dull blue (issued in orange), 10 c. in black & red (issued in orange & blue), 50 c. in black & carmine (issued in black & red-brown), 1 p. in brown & orange (issued in black & blue) and 5 p. in black & blue (issued in black & carmine), all affixed to salesman's card and perforated SPECIMEN horizontally at base. A delightul and extremely rare group.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1530 Mexico

    Spanish Expeditionary Force 1857: 1 r. green, no wmk., a fine used example, margins touched, cancelled by fine CORREOS VERA CRUZ negative handstamp in black. Rare.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1531 Mexico

    Spanish Expeditionary Force 1861 (Dec 22): Entire letter written from San Juan Bautista to Bordeaux franked by Antilles 1857 1 r. green on unwatermarked white paper, shaved at base, tied by circular CORREOS VERA CRUZ negative handstamp in black. Transferred eventually to British Post Office in Vera Cruz with double arc cds (March 4, 1862), thence via London (March 31) and struck there with framed 'GB / 1F 60c.' Accountancy handstamp in black, charged '8' décimes handstruck on arrival. A wonderful and extremely rare entire.

    Note: The Spanish Occupation of the area around Vera Cruz, under Field Marshall Juan Prim, lasted from December 17, 1861 until the end of April, 1862.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 10,500 CHF
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