Lot
507 
Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, ½r black on buff, two horizontal pairs, Hermosillo, canceled canceled by socked-on-the-nose strikes of straight line Hermosillo handstamps (Schatzkes 541) on 1861 folded letter sheet to Guadalajara; horizontal file fold affecting top pair, otherwise Very Fine, a rare multiple usage, with only 576 issued (NF $1,200 for off cover singles); with 2007 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.Scott No. 6 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Any cover with ½r stamps is scarce because the only rate that stamp paid was for circulars and printed matter so districts received very limited quantities.
Current Opening Bid: $700
Lot 508 o
Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, ½r & 4r issues, Saltillo, with 3 Saltillo stamps: ½r (two stamps Saltillo & possibly Patos) and 4r canceled on the nose, Very Fine (N.F. $315).Scott No. 6, 9 Estimate $200 - 300.
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Current Opening Bid: $150
Lot
509
Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, ½r black on buff, horizontal pair, Saltillo, in combination with 1861, 4r black on yellow, diagonal bisect, Saltillo on 1861 folded letter sheet to San Luis Potosi, tied together by Saltillo oval date stamp (Schatzkes 1355) with erroneous 1855 date (present in several genuine items from this district), Very Fine, 4r with only 980 issued, while 6 bisects are recorded in the Bash-Schimmer census from this district, this is the one of two recorded with a combination of stamps and splits; signed J.K. Bash, with 1995 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.Scott No. 6, 9a Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Current Opening Bid: $1,700
Lot 510 o
Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, ½r black on buff, Tlalpujahua, left margin single, straight line Angangueo cancel (Schatzkes 1650), Extremely Fine, only 216 issued, and this is the most attractive of the 5 or 6 known (N.F. $700), ex-O. Rodriguez; with 1996 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.Scott No. 6 Estimate $600 - 800.
Current Opening Bid: $575
Lot
511 
Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, ½r black on buff, without district overprint (Acapulco), circular Acapulco cancel (Schatzkes 4), Extremely Fine.Scott No. 6a Estimate $150 - 200.
Current Opening Bid: $140
Lot
512 
Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, ½r black on buff, without district overprint (Tuxpan), 2 horizontal pairs, tied on piece by neat oval Tuspan cancels (Schatzkes 1728), wide margins, Very Fine and attractive, a unique exhibition quality item illustrated in color in Schatzkes' Cancellations of Mexico 1856-1874, ex-Schatzkes, B. Rubio & Paliafito; with 2024 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.Scott No. 6a Estimate $400 - 600.
Current Opening Bid: $350
Lot
513
Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, 2r black on pink, Tlalpujahua, tied by choice strike of Tlalpujahua straight line handstamp (Schatzkes 1649) on folded letter sheet to Morelia, Very Fine and choice, rare with only 839 issued (NF $250 for off cover); with 2023 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.Scott No. 8 Estimate $500 - 750.
Current Opening Bid: $575
Lot
514
Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, 4r black on yellow, bisect, Oaxaca, upper right portion of stamp showing district overprint, Huajuapan de Leon boxed cancel (Schatzkes 1043), Very Fine; with 1972 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.Scott No. 9a Estimate $150 - 200.
Current Opening Bid: $80
Lot
515
Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, 4r black on yellow, diagonal bisect, Victoria, upper left portion of stamp affixed over Tula de Tamaulipas boxed handstamp (Schatzkes 1839) with matching boxed "Franco" handstamp (Schatzkes 1839A) initially a Sello Negro usage, on 1861 folded letter sheet to Catorce and tied by second strike of townmark, Very Fine and unusual bisect usage, with 660 stamps issued; with 1997 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.Scott No. 9a Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Current Opening Bid: $650
Lot
516
Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, 4r black on yellow, without district overprint (Colima), in combination with 1861, 1r black on green, without district overprint (Colima) 1861 folded letter to Guadalajara, tied by bold oval Colima handstamp (Schatzkes 179), Very Fine, only 1,140 of the 4r issued (NF $300 for off cover singles); with 2001 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 9b, 7b Estimate $250 - 350.
Current Opening Bid: $220