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Auction: 24033 - The "KMC" Collection of Stamps and Covers of Mexico
Lot: 64

(x) Mexico
1856 issue
Tlalpujahua 8r. Lilac, unused with original gum, featuring narrow to mainly wide margins, displaying exceptional freshness and visual appeal. An extraordinary rarity with only 163 examples issued. Only four examples are recorded, and this is the sole known in unused condition. MEPSI certificate. Scott 5; NF $8,000 as used, with one used copy fetching $16,500 at auction in 2024. This unused example was last sold for $7,300 in 2003.

provenance: Omar Rodríguez

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

Sold for
$7,000

Starting price
$6000