Lot
433 
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Mexico, 1868, 12c Hidalgo Issues, stamps illustrated in the classic 1935 reference Les Premieres Emmissions du Mexique by Paul de Smeth and Marquis de Fayolle. These stamps are the famous retouches and are identified by retouch type and by the page in Smeth/Fayolle on which the appear:Retouch- I.D.- Page: B- Veracruz 2-70, 279, C- S.L. Potosi 5-71, 279, E- Veracruz 2-70, 279, F- Lagos 37-71, 280, G- S.L.Potosi 5-71, 280, J- Colima 11-70, 281, K- Monterrey 7-68, 281, L- S.L. Potosi 8-69, 281 (district number error 8 instead of 5 on a horizontal pair), Very Fine.
Scott No. 59//66 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $200