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1867 Hidalgo Issue - Gothic "Mexico"

Lots 2334-2343 Lots 2344-2351

Lot 2344 o   

Mexico, 1867, Gothic "Mexico", 8r black on red brown, left margin single (position 1) showing platelines at top and left, light grid cancel, margins large to a bit in at right, F.-V.F.; with 2017 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 40    Estimate $200 - 300.

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Lot 2345 o   

Mexico, 1867, Gothic "Mexico", 8r green on red brown, usual circular grid cancels, margins ample to just touching, few small thins, F.-V.F. appearance, the rarest stamp of the post intervention provisional Gothic issue with less than fifteen singles known; with 2015 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 41    $4,000.

Realized: $900

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Lot 2346    

Mexico, 1867, Gothic "Mexico" on thin gray-blue paper, ½r greenish black, horizontal pair, Mexico town cancels, full margins, Very Fine, a very scarce used multiple; with 2017 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 42    Estimate $250 - 350.

Realized: $220

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Lot 2347 ()   

Mexico, 1867, Gothic "Mexico" on thin gray-blue paper, ½r gray, without district overprint, right margin horizontal strip of 3, without gum, ample to mostly large margins with full selvage, bright and fresh, Very Fine and choice, an exceptional and scarce multiple; with 2001 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 42a    $525 for singles.

Realized: $400

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Lot 2348 ()   

Mexico, 1867, Gothic "Mexico" on thin gray-blue paper, 1r blue, without gum, margins ample to just touching, bright color, F.-V.F., rare and under cataloged, with less than ten known unused.
Scott No. 43    $400.

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Lot 2349    

Mexico, 1867, Gothic "Mexico" on thin gray-blue paper, 2r green, full o.g., vertical pre-printing fold, Very Fine, very uncommon unused.
Scott No. 44    $200.

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Lot 2350    

Mexico, 1867, Gothic "Mexico" on thin gray-blue paper, 4r rose, o.g., lightly hinged, margins ample to just touching, bright pastel-like color in distinctive gray blue paper, exceptional freshness, Very Fine; with 2003 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 45    $3,000.

ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN ORIGINAL GUM EXAMPLES OF THE 4R GOTHIC ISSUE ON GRAY BLUE PAPER.

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Lot 2351 o   

Mexico, 1867, Orizava Provisional, 4r black on yellow, oval Orizava cancel (Schatzkes 1092), thins, F.-V.F. appearance, a presentable example bearing the scarcer of two cancels used during this period; with 2005 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Follansbee No. 4; $500    Estimate $250 - 350.

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