Lot
2741 
Mexico, 1864, Eagle (1st Period), ½r brown, Zacatecas, in combination with 1864-66, Eagle (4th Period), 4r green, Zacatecas, horizontal bisect, cons 20-65, on small piece tied by San Miguel del Mezquital straight line cancel (Schatzkes 1891), Very Fine, a unique franking of 2½ reales, a small number of covers exist with this rate since the ½ real was for the ship to a foreign destination but none are recorded with a combination of a bisect and a brown medio real, only 50 stamps of the medio brown were sent, ex-Paliafito; signed A. Diena, with 1986 M.E.P.S.I. certificate. Scott No. 19+24d Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $950