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Auction: 24033 - The "KMC" Collection of Stamps and Covers of Mexico
Lot: 15

(x) Mexico
1856 Issue
Ciudad Bravos ½r. Blue, four singles showing clear to ample margins, on February 24, 1857 entire letter from Chilpancingo to Puebla, cancelled with Ciudad de Bravos handstamp. To our knowledge, a unique cover exhibiting this value, a significant rarity of the "Hidalgo" issue, as Ciudad Bravos was an active district post office for a very short period of time. Sold for €9,000 in a 2002 Afinsa auction (lot #22). 2024 MEPSI certificate. Scott 1; NF $14,000 for stamps as singles off cover.

provenance: Samuel Chapman Marquis de Fayole Joseph Schatzkès

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
$4,600

Starting price
$3200