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Auction: 26021 - Mexico including the Enrique Trigueros collection of Proofs, Essays and Specimens
Lot: 38

1856-1883 Classic Period
1874, "Hidalgos", 5c. brown, 10c. black, 25c. blue, 50c. green and 100c. carmine, each value represented by 50 imperforate plate proofs comprising the lower half of the plate, with enormous margins on three sides showing four American Bank Note Co. marginal imprints, each numbered at lower right from 1 to 5, the numbering increasing from the highest denomination. The 5c. shows four control punches, two of which pierce two of the designs, and the 100c. has a faint stain at right impinging on three designs, this not detracting. A unique and spectacular assembly.

Estimate
$8,000 to $12,000

Starting price
$7000