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Auction: 25018 - The "KMC" Collection of Stamps and Covers of Mexico Part II
Lot: 37

Mexico
1856 "Hidalgos"
Guanajuato 4r. Red no overprint, seventeen examples on large wrapper to Guanajuato, including one strip of five, two strips of four (horizontal and vertical), vertical strip of three and one single, tied by oval d.s. of Silao, dated December 1858. The Silao stamps often lacks overprints, probably due to a clerical mistake in Guanajuato head office. To our knowledge, the largest franking recorded of this stamp. Sold for $17,500 in the 2000 Mazepa's auction. 2025 MEPSI certificate. Scott 4c.

Provenance: Erich Koenig, Jim Mazepa

Sold for
$15,000

Starting price
$14000