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Sale 97: The Westpex Sale

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Mexico - 1856-67 Regular Issues

Lot 447    

Mexico, 1861, Second Issue, 4r black on yellow, diagonal bisect, Tampico, in combination with 1861, Second Issue, 8r black on red brown, diagonal bisect, both lower right portions of stamps with wide margins, slightly overlapping on folded letter sheet to San Luis Potosi paying the 6 reales rate for 1¼ ounces beyond 17 leagues, tied by Santa Anna de Tamaulipas cds (Schatzkes 1585), blue Tampico company handstamp, Very Fine and choice; signed Calves, with 2003 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 9a+11c    Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.

ONE OF ONLY TWO SUCH BISECT COMBINATIONS RECORDED FROM THE 1861 HIDALGO ISSUE AND A UNIQUE TAMPICO DISTRICT USAGE - A GREAT CLASSIC MEXICO RARITY.

In the 1971 Schimmer Bash splits census only 5 covers and 3 fronts had combinations out of 418 covers, fronts and pieces with 1861 splits. In the 1995 Koning auction (which contained the largest ever split collection), only 6 covers and fronts from this issue were offered out of 146 covers. In 2002 it brought $11,000 + commission in auction. The first time in 20 years that this combination has been offered in auction. One of the 100 Iconic World Rarities in MonacoPhil 2015 and illustrated in the front page of "Favorite Finds" the catalog for the 2013-2014 Smithsonian NPM first rotating exhibit.

Realized: $7,500

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