Lot
2469 
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Mexico, Hidalgo Profile Issue Collection, 1874-83, extensive collection/accumulation (duplication) of over 4,500 stamps plus covers well organized by district in five binders, most districts are represented including such difficult as Cuautitlan, Texcoco, Tlaxcala, etc., some cancel interest and an occasional error, watermarked includes a 50c (Scott 115 - $450), about 120 of 4c, 460+ of 50c and around 400 100c issues present, includes quite a few pages of material from the Walter Widmeier Collection (annotated in German) but most are on Hagner pages with English notes on tags, Scott c.v. will exceed $26,000 and of course there are many stamp worth considerable premiums; condition generally quite nice, one of the most extensive collections of this issue we have ever offered. Scott No. 105//122 Estimate $6,000 - 8,000.
Realized: $9,500
Lot
2470
Mexico, 1874 Hidalgo Issue Balance, 28 covers mounted for exhibition plus 26 others (most also mounted) and another 22 covers not part of the exhibit and a couple of fronts, most bear different sub-office cancels; includes strip official three 50c Puebla 2082 (thin paper) canceled Huejotzingo (Taylor 25/4), Atoyac (on 10c C. Guzman 4379) must be quite scarce (Taylor GD-13/1) as must be Choix (Taylor MZ-9/1) on a 100c Mazatlan, 10c entire 1375 canceled Tepexi Del Rio, 100c Chiapas 4080 tied on cover by oval Comitan, 25c Mexico tied on cover to New York with "Ship" and "Due 3" handstamps, etc., generally Very Fine. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,600
Lot
2471 /o
Mexico, 1874-83 Hidalgo Issue Collection/Accumulation, of well over 1,500 stamps and several covers mostly sorted by district (of which 56 are represented including Soyaniquilpan, Tacubaya, Texcoco, etc.) on Vario pages, good variety, duplication is mostly in the 5c-25c values - a minor part of the value, unchecked for watermarks, some cancel interest, there are at least thirty five 4 centavos, about 110 50 centavos and over 100 100 centavos, each count including some on thin paper; Scott catalog value will safely exceed $5,700, with better districts adding significant value. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $1,600
Lot
2472 /o
Mexico, 1879-83 Foreign Mail Issue Collection, of over 1,400 mostly different neatly mounted by district (all represented) and year in five Elbe albums, includes mint, postally used and remainder cancelled with some varieties present more than one way; the 50c 100c mint or remainder cancelled are present for nearly all districts, sometimes for more than one year, many of these where printed in very small quantities (25-100 stamps) and are desirable in any condition (for many, postally used do not exist), rare postally used include 12c Texcoco 1182, an 85c (382), three 25c on thin paper, 50c green thin paper (383), three 50c yellow (382, 2782, 5483), two 100c orange (2682, 3782), and two 100c black (5383), some duplication but often for such differences as style, color of district name or cancel, with and without name, etc., few blacks, Scott (counting remainder/doubtful cancels as mint) will exceed $21,000, this is a carefully built collection with condition generally above the norm and would be an excellent basis for further expansion. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $8,000
Lot
2473 o/
1879-83 Foreign Mail Issue Group, five attractive covers with different frankings and cancels, a 2c (Scott 146) tied to domestic use front, a 3c +2c postal card to Hannover, piece with three U.S. Banknotes tied by "Franco En Vapor" (steamship) cancels, and five other pieces with different stamps tied by town cancels - Guerrero (Sonora), Ameca, Angangueo, Huetamo and Nazas, generally Very Fine, a lovely group. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
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Realized: $625
Lot
2474
1879-1883 Foreign Mail Issue Balance, interesting group of 19 covers or fronts plus three used postal cards (one uprated with a 3c stamp), including several items that would be extraordinary individual lots if the condition were better, one mixed franking with U.S. 2¢ has 3c and 1c habilitados while a May 1884 registered front bears 10c 1884 issue plus 6c and 24c Foreign Mail issues, a strip of three of 2c Scott #132 with red Durango name is tied to a front by S. Dimas ovals, and another front has 3c 483 pair tied by Bronces oval, a 6c 383 is used on a return receipt, 6c 482 is tied to cover by Soyopa oval (faint), another cover bears 1c & 5c Campeche habilitados, Wells Fargo front usage (missing U.S. stamp), etc.; few are free of faults - were all as nice this would be worth many times the estimate, Fine (no photo). Scott No. 123//149 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
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Realized: $3,250
Lot
2475 /o
Mexico, 1884-85 Mexico Hidalgo Medallion Issue, collection/accumulation of 128 mint (24 different, usual mixed condition) with a Scott c.v. of over $2,300 (imperf singles not counted), few hundred used also having significant catalog value, some scarce perf 11s, shades, modest cancel interest, couple of covers; attractive group (no photo). Scott No. 150-162, 165-173 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $300
Lot
2476 o/
1884-85 Hidalgo Medallion Issue Group, 15 covers mounted for exhibition including a couple of express entires plus 18 stamps or pieces mostly bearing all different mute cancels, not mounted are 43 more covers, a few with scarcer cancels, the best may be Huitzuco, Guerrero, included are some registered, best is a registered official front from Tepic with O3 tied by mute, generally F.-V.F. or better. Estimate $600 - 800.
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Realized: $600
Lot
2477
1884-85 Hidalgo Medallion Issue Registered, 6 covers (one reduced), one a domestic use while others are to the U.S., France, Germany and Italy (forwarded to France), two also bear Numeral issues, generally F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400.
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Realized: $300
Lot
2478 /o
Mexico, 1886-94 Mexico Large Numeral Issue, collection/accumulation of several hundred mint and used whose Scott c.v. for mint will safely exceed $1,000 while the used will be more (there are five #182s), some cancel interest; condition varied with most fine or better (no photo). Estimate $300 - 400.