Sale 115: The Westpex Sale

Lot 339 o   

Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, ½r-1r Hidalgo issues, Chalco, 2 attractive Chalco District stamps, ½r and canceled in the small town of Ayotla (See website for images), F.-V.F.
Scott No. 6-7    Estimate $150 - 200.



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Lot 340 o/   

Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, ½r-2r Hidalgo issues, Colima, group of 8 stamps and one bisected 4r Yellow on cover with a BPA cert., stamps include one ex Fayolle 2r without overprint; NF $ 510 (See website for images), F.-V.F.
Scott No. 6-8, 9a    Estimate $250 - 350.



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Lot 341 o   

Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, ½r black on buff, Colima, horizontal pair, oval Colima date stamp cancel, Very Fine.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $150 - 200.

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Lot 342    

Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, ½r black on buff, Mexico, tied by Mexico cds on 1862 printed circular to Puebla paying the printed matter rate, Very Fine, maybe 10 are known among all districts but most do not have the printed circular.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $525

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Lot 343 o   

Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, 1r & 2r Hidalgo issues, Chalco, group of 3 attractive Chalco District stamps of 1r(2) and 2r, The 2r has a very rare Chalco city mute (See website for images), Very Fine.
Scott No. 7-8    Estimate $150 - 200.



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Realized: $220

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Lot 344 o   

Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, 2r black on pink, Tlalpujahua, sharp neat Tlalpujahua cancel (Schatzkes 1649), Very Fine, only 839 sent; with 1996 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 8    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $260

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Lot 345    

Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, 2r black on pink, bisect, Guanajuato, in combination with 1861, Second Issue, 4r black on yellow, bisect, Guanajuato (9a) tied by Guanajuato circular handstamp (Schatzkes 476) on folded letter to Guadalajara, Very Fine, extraordinarily scarce, maybe 8-10 split combinations exist in the 1861 issue, ex-Rosenthal; with 1993 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 8b    Estimate $2,500 - 3,500.

Realized: $2,200

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Lot 346 /   

Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, 4r black on yellow, with forged Veracruz overprints (See website for images), almost complete sheet of 59 (1 stamps missing), o.g., most stamps never hinged, full selvage at sides, horizontal creases affecting four rows and some flaws at top, F.-V.F. appearance, the largest and unique multiple of this stamp, a true rarity of the issue despite the overprints (sold in the 2002 Afinsa auction for $25,000), ex-M. Burrus & J. Schatzkes (who believed it was a genuine uncommon overprint from the end of the 1861 issue); with 2017 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 9    Estimate $2,500 - 3,500.



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Lot 347 o   

Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, 4r black on yellow, Colima, light oval cancel, Very Fine, NF $250.
Scott No. 9    Estimate $150 - 200.

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Lot 348    

Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, 4r black on yellow, corner margin single, Guadalajara, tied by fancy mute and oval Tepic handstamps (Schatzkes 411 & 412) with manuscript date at center on folded letter sheet to Mazatlán, Very Fine and attractive; with 2023 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 9    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $375

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