Lot
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Mexico, Chalco 2r Gray-Black, tied to cover by "Franco Morelos" (Schatzkes 94) with boxed Cuautla (Schatzkes 97A) postmark with manuscript date at left, Very Fine and Beautiful, ex-Mazepa; with 2001 M.E.P.S.I. certificate. Scott No. 8 Estimate $400 - 600.
Dr. Mazepa speculated that the supplemental use of the older "Cuautla" handstamp might have been to placate conservatives who resented the new town name "Morelos" (a deadly civil war was being fought)
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Realized: $725