Lot 43
Mexico Reference Collection. Over 250 items mounted on album pages in two binders; section of 1856 & 1861 "clandestine" reprints with various forged cancels and district overprints including the four different types of Mexico overprints, bisects on cover fronts, multiples, etc., other fraudulent usages on cover, stamp forgeries with various full sheets including Spiro Bros. and Fournier creations, additional bisect creations on cover including many items from the Burrus collection, includes the 1864 issues with a genuine 3c Eagle on a mourning wrapper tied by fake Mexico postmark (Mepsi cert., ex Burrus), Spiro Bros. sheets of the Eagle & 1866 Maximilian issues, hand drawn forgeries of the 1895 Transportation issue high values including "Oficial" overprints, section of Porte de Mar issues including genuine 1st & 2nd series, 2nd & 3rd series forgeries with large multiples including Spiro sheets showing the various cancels, few provisionals including Campeche and Guadalajara covers with a genuine 4r bisect usage (Scott #12a, Mepsi cert.), also a additional stock of hundreds of stamps, collection on album pages and dozens of additional on cover creations (mostly of R. Thuin including some of his original cancel tracings); with duplication to be expected.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $6,250