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Lots (1639)
1864 Incoming prestamp mail on E.L. Marseille to Port Louis, Maurice bearing 10d / TO PAY handstamp in blue-black sent Via Suez. MAURITIUS arrival b/s. Few marks, small tear. Interesting.
1876 Cover to Calcutta sent per French Mail bearing 1s orange (SG 70) tied nice B53 duplex and cds and handstamped 10 P (inverted) in red on a Ireland Fraser embossed envelope flap with arrival and transit b/s. (Faults).
1894 15c blue hinged mint with SPECIMEN ovpt, SG 108s, scarce.
1900-05 SPECIMEN part set of 7 from 2c, 3c, 4c (2 diff), 5c, 6c & 15c, all fine mint, SG range 139s/150s (7 out of 18).
1842 (10 Sept) Entire Mexico City to Paris with red cds of FRANQUEDO / MEXICO (internal postage prepaid) sent via VERA CRUZ with black arc backstamp and boxed Packet Letter in red on obverse as transit through Europe, London 5 Nov J cancel in red on rev. along with charge of 3s2d and 48 decimes in France, and Calais Exchange office cds.
1850 Puerto De Mazatlan (9 May) large red cds addr to Mexico and prepaid 4 (reales) handstamp in red, no backstamps and some faults, pretty cover.
1852 (24 Aug) Entire Letter Zacatecas to Bayonne France bearing multi franked postmarks including boxed ZACATECAS / AGOSTO 24 two line h/s in black, sent per el packet Ingles via London where 4 h/s charge mark applied for cost to France along with FRANCO EF, Colonies &c ART boxed charge mark in red, and VERA CRUZ double arc b/s in transit to London. Lovely example of continental mail Central America to France.
1857 Entire to Durango bearing handstamped 2 (reales) and box two line ZACATECAS / JULIO 9, filing fold, clear cancel. Pre- reform war item which sought to nullify the liberal constitution in Dec 1857.
1956 Mexican Stamp Centenary Imperf Miniature sheet unmounted mint, plus perf air miniature sheet U/M, both matching numbers 14271. SG MS 936, MS 943.
British P.O. Abroad: Tampico Pre stamp entire letter 1854 (2 Nov) Stampless E.L from Mexico to France with TAMPICO double arc d/s on reverse in red, 90 h/s chargemark, COLONIES ART boxed h/s in red on obverse with a range of other transit and arrival marks incl FRANCO SANTA ANNA DE TAMAUL incomplete cancel in black.
WELL FILLED BINDER: With a mint & used collection with strength in middle to modern era, including many defins and commems throughout, each page catalogued with count, 100s. STC £100s.
1950 Prince Rainier III 50c black and magenta special printed souvenir sheet imperf ungummed on glossy paper being a special edition print, however the stamp has been misprinted 5mm upwards out of the frame, unusual item for a collector.
