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Sale 84: Foreign Stamps and Covers

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Mexico - 1879-1914 Balance Lots

Lots 2235-2244 Lots 2245-2254 Lot 2255

Lot 2245    

Mexico, 1899-1910 Aguilitas Mexico Covers, a selected group of 63 premium covers, 5 fronts and 5 postcards and postal cards; includes 1c to 20c, mostly multiple colorful frankings and several official rates and usages, 4 are stunning postal dues, one with mixed franking with a German stamp, railroad cancels, uprated postal entires and a printed matter double wrapper, foreign destinations include USA, Switzerland, France, New Zealand, UK, Helgoland, Belize, Puerto Rico, Canada, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Austria, cancels from small towns include Atlixco, Tixtla, Valle de Bravo, Zacatlan, Cedral, Comalcalco, Tehuantepec, Acaponeta, La Paz Baja California, Juarez, Chiapas, Huamantla, Tochimilco, Acapulco, Oputo, Huaquechula, Tinguindin, Progreso, Tecali, Tijuana, Tlaxicoyan, San Cristobal Llave, Chilapa, Chignahuapan, Molintla, Cuautla, Coyuca, Guanacevi, etc., Wells Fargo uprated postal entire and 15 are registered, generally F.-V.F. or better (no photo).
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

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Lot 2246    

Mexico, 1910 Centenary Mexico Issue without overprints, group of 115 covers, 2 fronts and 12 postcards, picture cards and postal cards; includes covers with 1c-20c values, this issue was issued the same year than the Mexican Revolution started and was extensively overprinted by the Revolutionary forces outside of non-occupied federal control, covers without overprints are very scarce thus, and it is the focus of this group assembled by a collector through many years, 32 items bear mixed frankings with local revolutionary stamps, this was sometimes done to complete the rate or to ensure safe passage through federal control territory, couple of mixed frankings have also US stamps, some foreign destinations include Surinam, France, Canada, US, Belgium, New Zealand, Germany, UK, Scotland, Australia, El Salvador, Brazil, Austria, Costa Rica and Switzerland, small town cancels include Zamora, Ensenada Baja California, Chietla, Ciudad Guerrero, Matias Romero, Tehuantepec, Nacozari, Acapulco, Comitan, Comalcalco, Mocorito, Las Penas, Naco, Tacubaya, Lagos de Moreno, La Cruz, Teocaltiche, Ebano, Atzcapotxalco, Cacaohatan, Cananea, Cutzamala de Pinzon and others, additionally the lot has 300+ mint stamps (1c-5p) including blocks of 4 of all values, F.-V.F. overall.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,400

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Lot 2247 /o   

Mexico, 1913 Sonora Issue Collection, mounted on pages; with white seals (22) including Scott #326 mint & used and a #327 used (cat $350), black roulette mint, used and Maro var., and green seals (61) with variety, Very Fine (no photo).
Scott No. 322//344    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $425

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Lot 2248    

Mexico, 1913-14 Sonora Issue Cover Collection, white issue and Green Seals; grand collection of 99 covers with a wide variety of frankings neatly displayed on pages in binder, included are some covers from the difficult white stamps, including combinations with green seals, colorless Roulettes and Black roulettes represented, collection includes several full unused sheets in mint condition, town cancels on covers include Alamos, Hermosillo, Agua Prieta, Cananea, Ures, Estacion Llano, Nogales, Magdalena, Railroad Cancels, Pesqueria and Guaymas, some rare cancels are represented like the Mexico straight line in blue, the deep magenta Agua Prieta cancel and the blue double-circle Nogales cancel (which was used for about a month during the split between elements of the rebel forces), some covers are addressed to the U.S. including mixed franking usage (Scott #'s 322-323, 328, 336-339, 341, 343-344, 346).
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,350

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Lot 2249 /o/   

Mexico, 1913-16 Mexico Civil War Collection, hundreds of stamps and covers in pages in three binders; covers including early suspended mails and unusual including registered to Sacramento, Cal. bear numerous official seals, official mail from rebel army in Mexico, numerous overprint issue usages, issues including the Ejercito revenues including the high value to a 100p block of four, nice Transitorio issue section including bisects, Torreon issues and the array of printed and handstamp overprints on later issue as well as some post-Civil War issues, section of Sonora issues both stamps and on cover; inspection highly recommended (no photo).
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,500

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Lot 2250    

Mexico, 1914-16 Revolutionary Overprint Issues Stock, specialized stockbook with Revolutionary overprint varieties (including high values) with inverted and double overprints in modest quantities; includes local overprints, dollar sign overprints, Villa, Carranza, Corbata & Barril overprints with the array of overprint varieties; an interesting holding for the specialist (no photo).
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $325

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Lot 2251 /o/   

Mexico, 1914 Coach & Anvil Seal Issue Collection, assortment of material housed in two volumes with an additional several dozens covers; includes album with the Sonora Coach seals in full sheets of 40 showing various printings of each denomination, Baja issue with complete sheets and an additional 5c sheet showing doubling (kiss impression) of seal, similar Anvil series including partial seal prints on 50c Plata issue, and a nice range of covers with a myriad of interesting usages, stock of hundreds singles */o arranged by setting.; an ideal group for the specialist (no photo).
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $325

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Lot 2252    

Mexico, 1914 Sonora Coach Seal Cover Collection, 63 mounted covers with all denominations and some stamps, uncommon usages, like unsealed letter 2c rates, foreign destinations, combinations with other issues, US stamps, tête-beche, etc., generally F.-V.F (no photo).
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $290

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Lot 2253    

Mexico, 1914 Veracruz Occupation, six covers, 2 fronts and 4 picture postcards from the US Occupation, 4 items have US stamps or mixed frankings with Centenario issue of Mexico, the prettiest is a cover to Veracruz with two 10c Mexican stamps + 2c due cancel in blue by the US occupation cancel, F.-V.F. overall.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $250

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Lot 2254 /o   

Mexico, Modern Issue Collection, 1917-2012, of definitive and commemorative issues housed in six albums/binders; early issues extensive with parallel */o and the occasional multiple including high values, good mint 1920's sets present with some pleasant duplication, 1930 Habilitado sets, National University used to the 1p, etc., includes Tuberculosis Seal collection; lots of material, worth evaluation (no photo).
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $675

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