Lot
3071 
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Mexico, 1875 Porte de Mar Issue Collection, housed on 46 pages with about 800 stamps; includes a sheet of the composite yellow paper unissued stamps 1st Series (NF $250), Seven complete sheets o.g. of the Large and Small Numbers (all different) from the 2nd and 3rd Series, seven 60c Large Numerals (3rd Series) stamps indicating the transfer types (NF $700), two covers with Mepsi certs (each cover without the 1874 stamp, but bearing the Porte de Mar stamps), 90+ stamps with district overprints, and several cancelled stamps, the 25c "provisional" displaced "5" stamp, 7 multiples with combination stamps, the set off the 4th unissued series including watermarked examples and a set of forgeries indicating how to detect them, extensive notes about the issue and its plating; Scott No. JX9-JX31 (except JX22), ex-Schimmer. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $3,750