Sale 120: Important Mexico

Lot 3252    

Mexico, Tula ½r Black on Buff, Left Margins Horizontal Pair, wide margins, tied by straight line Tula handstamps (Schatzkes 1690) on 1861 folded letter sheet to Mexico, Very Fine, only 774 issued (NF $600 for off cover singles); with 1995 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $750

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Lot 3253 o/   

Mexico, Tula 1r-2r Hidalgo Issues, 2 single canceled by Tula handstamp (Schatzkes 1690); 1r tied on 1862 folded letter to Mexico, and 2r on piece, Very Fine (NF $190 for off cover).
Scott No. 7-8    Estimate $250 - 350.



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Realized: $260

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Lot 3254 ()   

Mexico, Tula 4r Black on Yellow, no gum, wide margins, Very Fine, with 354 issued and only three copies are known, ex-Paliafito; with 1995 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 9    Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,900

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Lot 3255 o   

Mexico, Tula 8r Black on Red Brown, plate line at left, light straight line Tula cancel (Schatzkes 1690), F.-V.F., only 280 issued (NF $1,500); with 1997 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 11    Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,200

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Lot 3256 o   

Mexico, (Tulancingo) ½r-2r Hidalgo Issues, without District Overprints, 5 stamps; ½r & 1r pair each with Tulancingo eagle cancel (Schatzkes 1716), two 2r singles one with Huachinango oval (Schatzkes 1724) and other with boxed straight line (Schatzkes 1722), Very Fine (NF $220).
Scott No. 6a, 7b, 8c    Estimate $200 - 300.



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Realized: $280

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Lot 3257    

Mexico, (Tulancingo) 2r Black on Pink, without District Overprint, tied by sharp perfect strike of oval Tulancingo eagle handstamp (Schatzkes 1716) on folded letter sheet in Mexico, receiving backstamp, Extremely Fine and choice; with 2024 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 8c    Estimate $600 - 800.

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Lot 3258 o   

Mexico, (Tulancingo) 4r Black on Yellow, without District Overprint, full oval Tulancingo eagle handstamp (Schatzkes 1716), Very Fine, only 427 issued (NF $550); with 1996 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 9b    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $625

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Lot 3259 o   

Mexico, (Tulancingo) 8r Black on Red Brown, without District Overprint, full strike of oval Huasca cancel (Schatzkes 1720), large margins all around, an Extremely Fine gem, only 205 issued (NF $650), ex-D. Stout; with 2007 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. 11d    Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.

A SUPERB LARGE MARGINS EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 8R BLACK ON RED BROWN FROM TULANCINGO USED AT THE HUASCA SUB-OFFICE.

No other 8r from this district and town has been offered in auction in the last 15 years. This stamp is most likely unique. It fetched $5,000 when it was last sold in 2007 in the October NF auction.

Realized: $5,000

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Lot 3260    

Mexico, (Tuxpan) ½r Black on Buff, without District Overprint, 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 $750 - 1,000.

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Lot 3261    

Mexico, (Tuxpan) 1r Black on Green, without District Overprint, on piece in combination with 1861, 2r black on green, without district overprint tied by oval Tuspan cancel (Schatzkes 1728), Very Fine, from the direct shipment, ex-Paliafito.
Scott No. 7b, 8c    Estimate $150 - 200.

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