The "KMC" Collection of Stamps and Covers of Mexico
69 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4ET, UK
| Lot | Mexico | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico. Stampless Mail. Incoming Stampless Maritime Covers with Forwarding Agents , 1845-60's group of eight stampless maritime foreign covers (all but one are entires), with several featuring Encaminadores forwarding agent cachets such as: M. de Santelices (Habana, 1856), Hargous Brothers (N.Y., 1856), others with interesting agents in manuscript. Mostly in excellent condition, originating from Bremen, Santiago, two from Spain with stamps, Rockport, Havana, Paris, etc., and destinations being Tabasco, Veracruz, Durango, Mexico, Zacatecas, Veracruz and San Luis Potosí. |  | $250 |
| 2 | Mexico. Stampless Mail. Outgoing Stampless Maritime Covers with Forwarding Agents, 1836-60's group of 28 stampless covers (all but two being entires), with forwarding agent cahcets including Neron Whittenez, Gutiérrez y Victoria (Tampico, 1860), José Ignacio Franco, H. Lariche & Co, Federico F. Schutz, Diusemat (1836), Capdevilla y Pinke (1836), M. de Santelices (1858 Habana), D'Oleyre y Cía (1861, Veracruz). Mail originating from Zacatecas, Mexico, Matamoros, Puebla, Tamiahua, and sent to the United States, Great Britain and France. Mainly in very fine condition. |  | $350 |
| 3 | Mexico. Stampless Mail. Stampless Republican Covers, 1840's-1856 group of 28 domestic covers (all but five are entires) from Tuxpan, Querétaro, Mazatlán, Santa Ana de Tamaulipas, Durango, Veracruz, Mexico, Chihuahua, Veracruz, Campeche, San Luis Potosí, among others. Mostly in excellent condition. |  | $250 |
| 4 | Mexico. Stampless Mail. "Sello Negro" Mail, 1859-72 group of 15 domestic covers, all but three being entires, and one official registered cover front (Mérida 1878, not a sello negro, but stampless), includingMazatlán, Guadalajara, Magiscatzin, Carro, Matamoros, Saltillo, Durango, Mexico (printed matter), Parras, Colima, Catorce, Durango, Sello Negros were used during the stamp period when there were no stamps available in the post office. A Very attractive group in very good condition. |  | $200 |
| 5 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Proof 2r. Light Green, engraved proof on the definitive paper, strip of six from the wide plate consisting of 60 units, featuring a stitch watermark and exhibiting different spacings than the original settings, without gum. Of the three types of proofs recorded in the first issue, this is the only known example of this particular type; a significant rarity from the first issue. Sold for $14,000 in the 2001 Regency auction (lot #1953). MEPSI certificate. Scott 3 (proof).Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $5,000 |
| 6 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. No overprint ½r. Blue, an outstanding horizontal block of 18 (6x3), positions 31 to 48, possessing full o.g. and good to large margins, displaying a sharp impression and great freshness. Vertical crease between stamps with a small cut at top and couple of small tone spots. A very rare and appealing exhibition item. Scott 1; NF $1,410 as blocks and singles.,Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $2,000 |
| 7 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Acapulco Provisional Usage 2r. Green, small margin at right, otherwise good to ample, provisionally used in 1868 on a very fine cover dated March 16, 1868, at Iguala. MEPSI certificate. Scott 3.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $1,500 |
| 8 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Aguascaltes 2r. Yellow Green, a well-margined example on an entire letter to Guadalajara dated March 19, 1864, featuring a well-struck cancellation that does not tie the cover, which is typically found thus due to the shape of the cancel. The date on the cover confirms its authenticity. According to the Mazepa sale, this is the only known cover bearing a 2r. from this district; no census is available to us. In excellent condition. Scott 3; NF $650 as a single off cover.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $800 |
| 9 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Apam 1r. Yellow, blue overprint, first plate of 60 subjects, an impressive large block of twelve surrounded by large margins, with full original gum. Vertical crease between stamps as usually found in large multiples, small scissors' cut in margin at top and small stain on back between two stamps mentioned for accuracy. Very scarce and attractive. Signed Bash. Scott 2; NF $280 as blocks of four and singles.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $500 |
| 10 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Campeche ½r. Blue, strip of four on entire letter from Mérida to Becal, dated April 3, 1860, showing ample margins at top and bottom, the others narrow. Filing crease lightly impinging on one of the stamps at right. Covers from this district are scarce, and this has the additional attribute, in contrast to others, of being in very fine condition. Scott 1; NF $360 as singles off cover.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $400 |
| 11 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Chihuahua Group of four choice items off cover, including three with ½r. Blue (margins all around): a pair with a faint red cancel on piece, a strip of four canceled in red at Mineral de Jesús María (believed to be unique), and a pair used at Guajuquilla (tiny pin hole at the bottom left); as well as a very attractive 2r. Emerald with huge margins used on piece at Valle de San Bartolomé. Scott 1, 3b; NF $800 as singles.,Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $400 |
| 12 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Chihuahua Group of four choice items, including two covers featuring a superb 2r. Emerald, full to large margins, tied by red Guadalupe y Calvo h.s. (large margins all around and frame line at top) and a colorful 2r. Green & ½r. Blue pair on cover from Chihuahua City; as well as two stamps off cover with one 1r. Yellow with Valle de San Bartolomé cancellation in blue, and one 2r Green with Batosegachic postmark. Scott 1-3, 3b; NF $348 as singles off cover.,Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $300 |
| 13 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Chihuahua 2r. Emerald, excellent margins on all sides, featuring a Río Florido red manuscript cancel. There is a nick at the top right. A very scarce cancel, further enhanced by being used on a stamp of this beauty. Scott 3b..Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $300 |
| 14 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Chihuahua, Guadalajara Duo of bisects on cover, comprising a 4r. Red vertical bisect, just touching at left, cancelled in red in Guadalupe y Calvo and dated August 9, 1858, along with an 8r. Lilac vertical bisect with complete to ample margins on an entire letter from Guadalajara, dated December 23, 1856. Scott 4a, 5e, $1,150.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $400 |
| 15 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Ciudad Bravos ½r. Blue, four singles showing clear to ample margins, on February 24, 1857 entire letter from Chilpancingo to Puebla, cancelled with Ciudad de Bravos handstamp. To our knowledge, a unique cover exhibiting this value, a significant rarity of the "Hidalgo" issue, as Ciudad Bravos was an active district post office for a very short period of time. Sold for €9,000 in a 2002 Afinsa auction (lot #22). 2024 MEPSI certificate. Scott 1; NF $14,000 for stamps as singles off cover.Provenance: Samuel Chapman, Marquis de Fayole, Joseph Schatzkès. |  | $4,000 |
| 16 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Ciudad Bravos 2r. Emerald, an unoverprinted example with ample margins, on entire letter dated July 4, 1857, from Ciudad Bravos to Acapulco, cancelled "C. de Bravos". The cover shows worm holes and file folds, none of which affect the stamp. A likely unique piece and a significant rarity of this issue. 2024 MEPSI certificate. Scott 3b (var); NF $2,250 as overprinted single. |  | $1,500 |
| 17 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Cuautitlán 1r. Yellow, with good margins, used on cover from Cuautitlán to Mexico, dated March 30. Only a maximum of four covers are known from this district, and this example is in particularly choice condition. MEPSI certificate. Scott 2.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $1,200 |
| 18 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara ½r. Blue, group of three covers and one well-margined strip of three originating from small sub offices, including Tamazula cover with strip of four dated June 24, 1857 (three margins and one touching at bottom), Zacoalco pairs on two covers (different cancels) dated April 11 and April 24, 1857, one with three good-ample margins, touched at right, the other with ample margins all around. A very fine group with fresh stamps. Scott 1, $585., |  | $300 |
| 19 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara ½r. Blue, two items, including one January 28, 1858 entire letter from Talpa to Guadalajara with two pairs, cancelled in manuscript; the other being a November 18, 1856 cover to Atotonilco, bearing one single tied by Guadalajara cancellation. Scott 1.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $250 |
| 20 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara ½r. Blue, two singles, and 1r. Yellow, all well-margined on very attractive and pristine cover from Tequila to Sayula dated September 20, 1857, showing a well-struck cancellation. Scott 1, 2.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $200 |
| 21 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara Group of four attractive covers (one entire), each with outstanding, well-struck cancels. Two covers bear ½r. Blue pairs: one from Talpa to Sayula, dated June 6, 1857 (three good margins, slightly cut into at right), and another from Tepic to Guadalajara with a red cancel dated December 27, 1856. Also included is a 2r. Green from Tuxpan, mailed in Cd. Guzmán to Guadalajara, dated November 18, 1857, featuring a spectacular ribbon cancel (three good margins, slightly cut into at right; tear on one interior flap). The last cover has a 1r. Yellow pair, cut into at right and bottom right, from Hostotipaquillo to Guadalajara, dated February 16, 1858, and signed by G. Lamy. Scott 1-3.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $500 |
| 22 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara Trio comprising two attractive covers with outstanding, well-struck cancels, and one stamp off cover. Covers include a ½r. Blue single from Arandas to Guadalajara (three large margins, touching at left) and a 1r. Yellow single (three margins, touching at left) from Cd. Guzmán to Sayula. The off-cover stamp is a 2r. Green with the curious beehive cancel in red, showing four margins and a plate line at top. Scott 1-3.,Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $300 |
| 23 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara Group including one cover with ½r. Blue strip of four (natural paper fold at bottom) tied by red Tepic cancel, cover front from Ahuacatlán to Guadalajara bearing 1r. Yellow strip of three; two pieces with frankings cancelled in red at Tepic featuring ½r. Blue + 1r. Yellow + 2r. Green and 1r. Yellow + ½r. Blue pair; as well as a magnificent ½r. pair from Tapalpa. Scott 1-3., ,Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $200 |
| 24 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guadalajara Group of three covers and one cover front, including a well-margined 4r red vertical bisect with full margins, tied by an attractive mute cancel (dated January 11, 1858), a ½r blue pair on an October 19, 1856 cover from Zacoalco to Sayula, an impressive ½r blue block of four on cover from Guadalajara to Zapotlán (slightly cut into at top and left), and a cover front from Mascota to Talpa with a large-margined ½r pair cancelled in red. Scott 1, 4a; NF $665 as singles and block off-cover., , ,Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $300 |
| 25 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guanajuato ½r. Blue, two rejoined pairs originally used as a block of four, margins all around and just slightly touching at right, postmarked in the small town of Piedra Gorda, and dated September 30, 1857. Scott 1; NF $300 as a block.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $200 |
| 26 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Guanajuato 2r. Green and 8r. Lilac, the former cut into on two sides, otherwise well-margined, tied to wrapper front addressed Mexico City by "admon. pral. de la renta del papel sellado de guanajuato" cachet. A very attractive showpiece displaying fresh and vibrant colors. Although 3,520 examples of the 8r. were issued, they are very scarce. Scott 3, 5.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $800 |
| 27 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Hermosillo ½r. Blue, strip of four with tight but clear margin at left, large in other respects, on pristine cover from Alamos to Hermosillo addressed to an inmate "Preso", carrying an unrecorded "franca" cancellation. Filing fold through the fourth stamp. 2024 MEPSI certificate. Scott 1; NF $300 as singles.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $300 |
| 28 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Hermosillo ½r. Blue, an outstanding strip of six, large margins except for the small right side, where is very slightly cut into, used on piece from outside the district, cancelled by a red Mazatlán h.s. This is the largest possible strip and, to our knowledge, unique from this district. Scott 1; NF $450 as singles.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $500 |
| 29 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Hermosillo 2r. Green, narrow but clear margins, just slightly touching at the bottom, used on a cover from Hermosillo to San Francisco, Alta California, with an arrival San Francisco Oct 24, 1859 datestamp and "Ship 6" h.s. alongside. Filing fold through the stamp. Very few covers are known from Mexico to the U.S. West Coast, and this example is especially attractive. Sold for $5,250 in the 2000 Regency auction (lot #6076). 2024 MEPSI certificate. Scott 3.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $2,500 |
| 30 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Ixtlahuaca 1r. Yellow, two examples on slightly aged cover to Mexico City, with the margins touching the design at right and bottom, but the cancel being well struck for this very scarce district. In the James Mazepa sale of his collection, it was stated that this is the only cover known with a 1r. from this district, but no census is known to us; sold for $3,500 in that sale in 2000 (lot #5224). 2024 MEPSI certificate. Scott 2, NF $1,600 as singles off cover.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $1,500 |
| 31 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Ixtlahuaca 2r. Yellow Green, well-margined on entire cover to Mexico City, with well-struck cancellation. In excellent condition and coming from a very scarce district. In the James Mazepa collection sale, it was indicated that this is the only cover known with a 2r. from this district, but no census is available to us to corroborate it. Sold in that sale for $1,400 in 2000 (lot #5225). 2024 MEPSI certificate. Scott 3; NF $650 as single off cover.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $750 |
| 32 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Jalapa Group of four items including two covers, a spectacular cover front and three stamps on piece. Covers include: ½r. Blue two pairs (good margins all around, on repair tight at right) tied by Jalacingo cancels. The other cover has a 1r. Yellow tied by Papantla cancel (margins all around, tight on right. The cover front has a spectacular official cachet and a pair cancelled Perote (not tied) with good margins all around. The single off-cover stamps are used on single pieces and cancelled at Perote (2r. Green), Atzalán (2r. Emerald) and the very rare Tlatlauquitepec cancellation (½r. Blue). Scott 1-3, 3b. NF $302 as singles off cover .,Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $250 |
| 33 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Lerma ½ r. Blue single cancelled. It has blurred overprint and margins all around except at left where it is cut into. MEPSI certificate . Scott 1, NF $ 900Provenance: Franz-Josef Strieker, James P. Mazepa. |  | $300 |
| 34 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Maravatío An appealing duo comprising a 2r. Green with two distinct overprints, showing Morelia and a faint Maravatío (thinned), along with a 1r. Yellow overprinted Maravatío and cancelled with a tiny Acámbaro cancel, the smallest cancel found on this issue. Scott 2, 3.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $200 |
| 35 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Mazatlán ½r. Blue to 2r. Green, group of five items, ½r. Blue Culiacán block of four, clear margins, being rare from this town (NF $300); ½r. Blue pair cancelled by red El Fuerte handstamp, two 1r. Yellow singles and a very attractive 2r. with red Mazatlán postmark on cover. All except the block with good margins. Scott 1-3; NF $392., |  | $200 |
| 36 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Mazatlán 2r. Green, group of five items, comprising three covers of which two bearing examples with dramatic pre-printing paper folds, cancelled in Culiacán and El Fuerte, the third being a very attractive cover from San Sebastián, one cover front from Culiacán franked by ½r. Blue pair and 2r Green, as well as one piece with ½r. and 2r. tied at Sinaloa. Mostly with good margins. Scott 1, 3.,Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $250 |
| 37 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Mazatlán Group of five covers, all showing attractive cancellations (all but one in red ink) and mostly featuring good margins, including two covers from Mazatlán, one with a pair of ½r. Blue and the other with 4r. Red single, both addressed to Durango. Two additional covers from Cosalá display the spectacular floral cancel in red, one bearing a strip of four of ½r. Blue and the other a 2r. Green First Plate with plate line at right. The final cover originates from Culiacán, with a pair of 2r., a very uncommon usage. Scott 1, 3, 4; NF $348 as singles off cover. |  | $400 |
| 38 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Mérida ½r. Blue, good margins all around, and 1r. Yellow, cut into at top, on first-rate maritime cover dated December 16, 1856, from Mérida to Veracruz. Covers originating from Mérida are very scarce. Scott 1, 2.Provenance: John K. Bash, James P. Mazepa. |  | $300 |
| 39 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Mexico District 1r. Yellow, just partly touching at base, otherwise good margins, cancelled on August 2, 1856, on the second day of issue. Natural paper crease without importance and small thin spot. 2024 MEPSI certificate. Scott 2.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $300 |
| 40 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Mexico District 1r. Yellow on cover front (rebacked), tied by superb bold strike of "diligencias generales/linea de toluca" oval handstamp illustrated with stagecoach, and accompanying "gratis" oval at top, both applied at stagecoach company offices for letters submitted there, rather than at post offices. The stamp used out of its district. Just a handful of covers or cover fronts are known with stagecoach cancellations; this example likely holds the greatest visual appeal and is among the most attractive cancellations of Mexico's classic period. A spectacular exhibition item. This item was featured on the cover of the Mazepa auction sale of Mexico (Regency Auctions, 2000). MEPSI certificate. Scott 2.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $2,000 |
| 41 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Mexico District 1r. Yellow, vertical strip of four with frame line at right and four singles, mostly with good to large margins, all tied by dispatch c.d.s. on cover from Mexico City to Guadalajara. Vertical crease affecting two singles at right. A curious manuscript contemporary note on the reverse states: "Abierta y vuelta a cerrar por" ("opened and resealed by..."), signed by Ramón Fernández, likely indicating that the addressee did not accept the contents of the letter. An exceptional, high eight reales franking. Scott 2; NF $250 for strip of four. |  | $500 |
| 42 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Mexico District 2r. Green, cut into at left, otherwise displaying good margins, on an attractive cover to Coburg, Germany, carried across the Atlantic by British packet with "GB/1F60c" Anglo-French accountancy marking and French Calais entry c.d.s. alongside, German straight-line h.s. indicating entry from France at base, along with various rate notations featuring 43 kreuzer for the total postage due, this including 34 kreuzer corresponding to the Great Britain and France postage due, and the 9 kreuzer portion according to the German-Austrian Postal Union. Backstamped in London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Coburg. Small paper loss at top left of the cover, not affecting the franking. Only five covers are recorded in the first issue addressed to present-day Germany. Sold for $5,250 at the 2000 Regency auction (lot #6071). Scott 3.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $3,000 |
| 43 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Mexico District 2r. single on one cover and one cover front, with margins varying from small to touching or cut into. The cover, addressed to Puebla on May 2, 1859, is a postal fraud, as corroborated by the previously used stamp (signed Lamy). The cover front is an "Across the Lines" mail to Mascota with Guadalajara h.s. struck in transit and a "2" marking, indicating the postmaster did not recognize the stamp as valid. Scott 3.,Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $300 |
| 44 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Mexico District Group of four covers bearing ½r. Blue, paying either the first rate or printed matter rate, including one cover dated Nov. 1856 paying the scarce 1½r. rate, another being a printed circular, and a third an unusual mourning cover; also includes one piece with a 4r. and a ½r. pair. Scott 1, 2, 4.,Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $400 |
| 45 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Mexico District 4r. Red and 1r. Yellow, cut into in places, both used on registered cover front from Mexico City to Atlixco, used to send lottery tickets to be sold in that small destination town, dated September 6, 1856, consequently paying the first rate. The rhomboid with dots is the earliest cancellation used in the country. A very scarce registered mail. Scott 2, 4Note: According to postal regulations, the front of registered m. |  | $800 |
| 46 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. "The Genuine First-Day-of-Issue Usage". Mexico District 2r. Emerald, a very fresh example with huge margins, clearly showing an August 1st, 1856 c.d.s., marking the first day of issue. The only recorded genuine first-day-of-issue usage, a key and highly significant item for the most advanced collections of Mexico. Sold for $10,000 in the March 2001 Regency auction (lot #1952). MEPSI certificate. Scott 3b.Provenance: Vernon Turnburke, James P. Mazepa. |  | $7,500 |
| 47 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Mexico District 4r. Red, full margins all around, and 2r. Emerald, cut into at bottom and right, on registered cover front from Mexico City to Orizava, which contained lottery tickets to be sold in that town, and dated September 6, 1856, paying the first rate. A very scarce registered mail. Scott 3b, 4.Note: Regulation required that, upon receipt of registered mail,. |  | $800 |
| 48 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Morelia 1r. Yellow and 2r. Green, good margins except for the 1r. which is cut into at base, tied by red h.s. on dispatch to February 13, 1858 cover from Panama to Mazatlán, via Colima and Tepic, most probably privately carried to Mexico through forwarding agents. An extremely rare usage on mail originating from Panama. Scott 2, 3.Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $600 |
| 49 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Morelia 2r. Dark Green, wide plate, natural paper fold, huge margins all around, on February 6, 1857 cover cancelled or tied to cover to Guadalajara with both Penjamillo postmarks. The stamp has jumbo margins all around and a natural fold. The only cover recorded showing these two cancellations used in conjunction. Scott 3 (var).Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $750 |
| 50 | Mexico. 1856 Issue. Pachuca ½r. Blue, strip and block of four, with large margins except for one side of the strip, which is slightly touched at right, affixed on a large judiciary wrapper front and cancelled in Atotonilco. A spectacular exhibition piece, one of only two recorded examples featuring this combination franking. Sold for $4,750 at the 2000 Regency auction (lot #5837). 2024 MEPSI certificate, Jaretzky certificate. Scott 1.,Provenance: James P. Mazepa. |  | $2,000 |
