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Auction: 25018 - The "KMC" Collection of Stamps and Covers of Mexico Part II
Lot: 303

Mexico
1872 "Hidalgos"
Pachuca, Tampico Assembly comprising 33 stamps (two are perforated), mostly used, along with a 25c. Red on cover, neatly mounted on presentation pages (consignments #33 and #34), with different consignment years 1872-74 each in a row, with no duplication, including one piece to New York, featuring a British stamp posted at the British agency in Tampico. The cover is particularly attractive and scarce, featuring a perfectly struck Soto La Marina cancel. The stamps include denominations from 6c. to 100c., as well as eight stamps with the "Papel Sellado" watermark. Cancellations include Tampico, Soto la Marina, Metzilcatzin, Pánuco, Mineral del Monte, and Mazatlán. Generally very fine and with good margins. Scott 81-83, 82b, 93-96, 98, 100, 101; NF and Scott (for watermarked stamps) is $2,276., , ,


Estimate
$600 to $900

Starting price
$520