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Auction: 25018 - The "KMC" Collection of Stamps and Covers of Mexico Part II
Lot: 223

Mexico
1867 "Hidalgos" Gothic
Mexico District Stampless registered front from Mexico City to Veracruz, dated November 22, 1867, and struck in transit at Puebla on November 24. According to postal regulations, upon receipt of the package or letter, the front was to be cut out, and the addressee was to sign the back, and then the front was returned to the office of origin, where it was kept for two years as proof of delivery before being destroyed. This item should have been affixed with an eight reales stamp to cover the certification charge. However, it likely did not use stamps because it was sent just as the new Mexico Gothic stamps were being distributed to the Mexico District office, traveling instead with a sello negro. At most only five known.

Estimate
$400 to $700

Starting price
$350