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Sale 25: The Autumn Sale

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General Foreign: Mexico - Waterways and Railroad

Lots 2314-2323 Lots 2324-2332

Lot 2324    

Mexico, Pacific Mail Steamship Co. 2 covers addressed to California; 1910 Pacific Mail Steamship Co. corner card cover with "C. Wilder Agency, S.S. San Jose" notation, to Oakland, Cal., franked with 1903 5c orange tied by "Mazatlan, Sin., 30 Abril, 1910" cds, other 1910 Acalpulco corner card cover to San Francisco, franked with 1903, 5c orange tied by blue "Pacific Mail S.S. Co., S.S. San Juan, Jun 20, 1905" cds (only 3 strikes recorded); first cover with corner tear at top left, Very Fine.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $160

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Lot 2325    

Mexico, T. Willamette Valley, P.C.S.S. Co., May 25, 95. Oval date stamp on 1895 3c postal card to Oakland, Cal., message datelined "La Paz, 1 June", transit backstamps and receiving cds, Fine and very rare, the only recorded example of this steamship marking.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $170

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Lot 2326    

Mexico, "99" railroad grid. Tying 1890, 10c vermilion on 1894 International Mining Co. of Washington D.C. corner card cover from San Miguel Del Mezquital to Zacatecas, stamp additionally tied by red "Catalina" straight line handstamp, Torreon transit cds (in the wrong direction), reverse with company date stamp and receiving cds; light cover folds, Very Fine, no explantation has been found for the Catalina handstamp.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $115

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Lot 2327    

Mexico, F.C.C.R. y P. v Sur P. de M., O.P.A. No. 845, 26 Set. 17. Railroad duplex postmark tying 1917, 10c blue on cover with allover olive brown art deco design, to Zamora, Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. 614    Estimate $75 - 100.

Realized: $50

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Lot 2328    

Mexico, Ferrocarril Central Mexicano, Conductor Postal, 2 Jun, 86. Two strikes of red cds on 3c Hidalgo postal card to Mexico City, one tying 1885, 2c carmine, with additional "Ferrocarril Central Mexicano, Agente No. 2, Jun 2, 1886" oval date stamp at center, receiving backstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $350

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Lot 2329    

Mexico, Ferrocarril De S. Luis A Tampico, S. Luis Potosi, Tesoreria. Blue oval railroad handstamp on cover to Long Island, N.Y., franked with 1884, 6c green tied by grid cancel with matching "San Luis Potosi, E.U.M., 1 Set 84" oval date stamp, reverse with purple "Correos, N. Laredo, Mex., Set 7, 1884" oval date stamp (TAM 36/11), Laredo, Tex. & New York transit cds's; light cover toning and edge wear, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 155    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $55

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Lot 2330    

Mexico, Ferrocarril Nacional Mexico, De Tehuantepec, Oct 26, 1887. Two strikes of violet oval handstamps tying 1886, 4c lilac and canceling on 6c Hidalgo entire to Mexico, additionally franked with 1887, 5c blue + 10c brown lilac, pair tied by "Franco En Tehuantepec" oval date stamps, matching certified box date stamp, Oaxaca and Tehuacan transit & receiving postmarks; 4c with creases, F.-V.F., the discovery copy of this rare railroad postmark.
Scott No. 177+192a+193A    Estimate $350 - 500.

Realized: $625

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Lot 2331    

Mexico, Ferrocarril Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacifico. Two 1899 Cuauhtmec Curio Co. corner card covers to the U.S. with postmarks from on this railroad line; from Casas Grandes, one with origin postmark tying 1895 5c, other with "Ag. Post 102, C. Jua - Casas G." railroad postmark tying 1895, 5c, also including an unused 1895 5c entire with "Compania del Rio Grande, Sierra Madre y Pacifico, Departmento de Express" 10c express frank, Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $170

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Lot 2332 o/   

Mexico, Servico Postal Mexicano, Por Ferrocarril. Purple oval handstamp on 1888, 5c blue postal card to Mexico City, sent from Texcoco, receiving postmark on reverse, also includes same postmark on 1890, 1c yellow green (toning), Very Fine, the discovery example of this rare railroad postmark, ex Ascher, Haller.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $475

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