Lot 81749 – 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example

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Lot 81749 – 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example
Stamp of Mexico 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example
Stamp of Mexico 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example
Stamp of Mexico 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example
Stamp of Mexico 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example
Stamp of Mexico 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example
Stamp of Mexico 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example
Stamp of Mexico 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example
Stamp of Mexico 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example
Stamp of Mexico 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example
Stamp of Mexico 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example

Lot 81749 – 1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example

Mexico
RoW
Price realised
7’000 CHF
Estimate
7’000 – 14’000 CHF
Auction date
Sun 24 Nov 2024 at 09:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1856 issue, Tabasco 4 reales carmine, a diagonally bisected example and 4 r. carmine quadrisected example, used on September 24, 1859 entire letter to pay the 3 reales rate from Tabasco to Vera Cruz, tied by oval S. JUAN BAUTA. DE TABASCO datestamp (Schatzkes fig 1554) in black. A great Mexico rarity showing two different “splits” of the same stamp on entire letter. we have recorded only one other cover showing this franking (Ex Yates 1955 lot 264, which is also from Tabasco).

Note: A 3/4 of 4 reales stamp on cover from “Leon de Los Aldamas” was part of the Mazepa collection (Regency Stamps Dec. 2000 lot 5598) estimated at 25.000 USD “considered one of the most important first issue entires extant” and a 3/4 of 4 reales on small PIECE from Tabasco sold at David Feldman auctions (may 2005 lot 20674) for 4200 CHF.

Expertise: Cert. Jaretzky (1985) and MEPSI (2015).

Provenance: Stanley Gibbons (Feb 1968) lot 546.

Auction
Autumn 2024 Auction Series
Catalogue
Europe and Overseas

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