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Auction: 26021 - Mexico including the Enrique Trigueros collection of Proofs, Essays and Specimens
Lot: 213

1856 "Hidalgos"
"B>Mexico District. 1r. Yellow and 8r. Lilac, margins all around except a small cut on top right of the 8r., on entire letter, first rate, dated 1856 (December 5), from Mexico to Veracruz, tied by a faint black c.d.s. Horizontal filing fold just at the top of the 1r., not affecting the stamp. It paid 9r. for 2 ounces beyond 16 leagues, which represents a very scarce rate. Very few 8r. are known on cover, let alone with such a rate. Cert. MEPSI (2026). Scott 2, 5.
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Estimate
$800 to $1,200

Starting price
$750