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Lots 2449-2458 Lots 2459-2468 Lots 2469-2478 Lots 2479-2488 Lots 2489-2498

Lot 2479 o/   

Mexico, 1886-95 Numeral Issue Balance, eleven exhibit pages showing an excellent variety of cancels on ten covers (one registered), two express entires, four postal cards and 28 other items (stamps, pieces), among the scarcer is a violet oval Piaxtla (Taylor SIN 43/3) tied a 5c to cover, 5c postal card canceled with administrator's seal (fancy) of Canitas (Taylor ZAC 5/1), Puerto Angel (OAX 53/5) is also quite scarce, as is Petatlan, Guerrero, there is a page of mute cancels, couple of railroad cancels, but more impressive is a 10c cancelled J.V. Comfort, Steamer City of Sydney, generally F.-V.F.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

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Lot 2480    

1886-95 Numeral Issue Cover Group, six covers and a front, all registered bearing sixteen stamps (8 different) including a pair of Scott 199, destinations include England, Austria, France and Germany, F.-V.F., attractive group.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

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Lot 2481    

Mexico, 1886-95 Numeral Issue Cover Balance, 50 covers and three postal cards, among the more interesting are an unrecorded type Huisquilucan (Mexico State), Puerto Angel (OAX 53/5), Hermanas, Coahila going to London, and two with mutes of Guaymas (42-V) and Mineral del Monte (unrecorded), generally F.-V.F.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $700

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Lot 2482    

Mexico, 1887-95 Numeral Issue Usages, three covers unusual for their postal markings, one with 5c from Colima bears circular "despues de la hora" (received after hours), a 2c postal card up-rated 1c has two strikes of the circular "Havarr" (probably a carrier's mark), and a cover with 10c tied by superb strike of Ortiz (SON 60/3), Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

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Lot 2483 /o   

Mexico, 1895-98 Mexico Mulitas Issues, collection/accumulation of 66 mint (26 different) with a Scott c.v. of over $2,200 and many used (plenty of duplication may yield watermark position varieties, etc.) whose c.v. will exceed $3,000, used includes sound examples of Scott #s 255, 264 & 284, this is mercifully free of dangerous perf varieties (270a & 283D are cheap and safe); occasional fault, generally fine to very fine (no photo).
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $500

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Lot 2484    

1895-99 Transportation Issue Covers, impressive group of nineteen covers (six mounted for exhibition) of which nine are registered, one from December 1896 franked with a 50c, one inbound from Austria has a 10c used as postage due, most valuable cancel may be Cabo San Lucas (BC 4/1), but very likely as rare as Niltepec (OAX 39/1 variant) tying 5c on cover to Canada, and unrecorded type China (Nuevo Leon) tying five 3c and a 5c on a registered cover, Horcasitas (SON 87/1) and Metlatoyuca (PUE 51/1) are also very scarce, generally Very Fine, an interesting group.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

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Realized: $1,250

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Lot 2485    

1899-1903 Coat-Of-Arms & Views Issues on Cover, 38 covers including several registered, much above normal in terms of cancel interest, the most exotic being Payo Obispo (Quintana Roo) and Calmalli (Baja California), one has a 19803 Nebuloso weather report receiver, good range of destinations including British Honduras and a striking registered better items-color illustrated cover to the Canal Zone, a 1903 cover with 1c+2c pair canceled Palizada, Campeche (Taylor CAM 12/7) is particularly fine, two registered covers from the Italian legation in Mexico City to Rome are large and impressive, generally F.-V.F. or better (no photo).
Estimate    $600 - 800.

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Realized: $550

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Lot 2486    

Mexico, 1913-15 Mexican Revolution Cover Balance, of approximately 90 items; including a 5c perforated Sonora "White" issue whose stamp, tied by Naco oval, has a corner peeled away, in nicer shape are 2c+3c Oaxaca Provisionals (philatelic cover), a 1916 cover to Tunisia and 1913 to Algeria, 50c Sonora Plata (Scott 413) tied to legal size cover (rare, even if possibly philatelic), several registered and with U.S. dues, rest while mostly common exhibit a good range of issues and are not without interest; condition varies, please inspect.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $675

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Lot 2487    

Mexico, 1914-15 Local Provisional Overprints on Cover, approximately 45 covers with 19 different overprint types (one seldom sees so many different in one group), the rarest is Viezca - unfortunately the 5c stamp is creased, two types of the Baja California are present, a registered front with two 20c Guaymas is a rarity, the 19 Monterreys include several with "Const…" error handstamp, cover with the possibly bogus "Foreign Service" is included; condition mixed as usual, nevertheless a very difficult group to duplicate (no photo).
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $725

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Lot 2488    

Mexico, 1914 Transitorio Issue on Cover, 60 covers of which ten represent nearly all of the value, these include seven official mail (frankings usually multiples of 3 centavos (3c, 6c, 9c up to 18c) including a registered with two 20c plus a 2c Denver issue - highly unusual, a registered cover bears four Scott 369 and another bears the 20c, one has 2c pair plus 1c Ejercito issue, and one is an 8c (4c pair) approximation of the 5c rate (due to stamp shortage), etc., F.-V.F (no photo).
Scott No. 354//369    Estimate $400 - 600.

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