Lot
3901 
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Mexico, Collection, 1856-2008, predominantly mint collection housed in 8 albums with specialization in early 20th century; includes representation of early issues mostly used from 1856 Hidalgos on, 1884 Hidalgo issues complete to the 10p, 1885 issues complete including 25c unused, Mulitas with 1895 issues complete with 10p mint, strong mint 20th century including 1913 revenue issue in single and pairs, 10c Torreon (with cert.), 1914 monogram issue complete, 1915 Villa overprint on 1910 issues complete including 5p high value n.h. (with cert.), "Gobierno Constitucionalista" overprint varieties including inverted overprints with high value blocks, Carranza overprints complete, Corbata overprints including complete inverted overprints (5p high value with cert.) and later issues including complete Transitorio issue (4c key value with cert., cat $505), specialized section of Corbata and Barril trial color proofs, 1916 Carranza issue with imperf pairs, later issues missing only the scarce items with many better key high values, strong back-of-the-book including airmails nearly complete missing a few rarer singles, University set & 1953-56 set, 1962-72 issue paper study, official airmails with better including #CO21 with cert. (cat. $350) & #CO30 with cert., complete special deliveries, officials with later 1896-97 red overprints, 1900 issue */o, 1910, 5p mint (with cert), 1911 issue complete mint (cat $455), 1916 issue with 50c mint (with cert, cat $200), 1921-24 set complete (cat $425), also a host of varieties including better inverted overprints, #O152a-c, section of 1933 blocks & gutter blocks, etc.; condition overall well above the norm, worth careful evaluation. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $2,400