Lot
3028 
Mexico, (Matamoros) Bagdad. Full strike of oval Eagle handstamp (Schatzkes 735AB) on 1865 folded letter sheet to Matamoros, matching Franco handstamp (735AC), docketed "Boca del Rio" on inner flap, Very Fine, a very rare sub-office seal handstamp with only two such recorded, ex Corbett. Estimate $500 - 750.
Bagdad was only a tiny port, but suddenly expanded as a cotton blockade runner port during U.S. Civil War and French Intervention.
Realized: $900