Lot
3453 
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Mexico, 1874-83 Hidalgo Issue Collection, arranged in three large stockbooks, with a total of approximately 5,300 stamps and more than 600 100c issues; a major collection of these issues with section including wide apart numbers (1874-77), bottom numbers (1878), top numbers (1878-83) and without numbers (1883), with collector looking for mint, used (+ with sub-office usage), pen cancelled, district names in different sizes and colors, wove, wide horizontal laid paper, vertical laid & ribbed paper, Papel Sellado and LACROIX watermarks and every other possible variety, it took the owner over 50 years to assemble this collection; comes with simplified checklist of all three main issues, with items included in collection ex-Moorhouse, Laranaga, Widmaier and Cusanovitch. Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
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Realized: $19,000