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Foreign Single Lots - Mexico 1914-15 Local Overprints

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 344		Mexico, Locals: Acambaro; 5c With Local Overprint, not tied, edge wear, Fine. May be the only uncancelled Acambaro in existence. Follansbee #5, , 5 or 6 known. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 345		Mexico, Locals: Baja Cal.; 5c With Type 1 Overprints in Violet, in violet, pair tied to cover by Sta. Rosalia c.d.s., roughly opened/reduced at left, otherwise Fine, attractive. Follansbee #5B. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 346		Mexico, Locals: Baja Cal.; 5c With Type 2 Overprint, tied to cover type La Paz c.d.s., piece missing at top edge, otherwise Fine, Mepsi (1996 & 1997) certs. Follansbee #13. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 347		Mexico, Locals: Baja Cal.; Two 5c With Type 1 Overprints in Blue, tied with additional stamps (317, 390-91, 427) totalling 65c tied to registered cover to Germany, Fine to Very Fine, Mepsi (1997) cert. Follansbee #5. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 348		o Mexico, Locals: C. Gonzalez; 15c With Local Overprint, #316 var., clear cancels, well centered, Very Fine, Mepsi (1998) cert. Not recorded in Follansbee on this value . Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $138
Lot 349		Mexico, Locals: C. Gonzalez; 1c With Local Overprint, strip of 3 tied to single-weight official cover, minor edge faults, Fine to Very Fine. Follansbee #1, , only a few are known . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 350		Mexico, Locals: C. Gonzalez; 5c With Provisional Overprint, Provisional ovpt., tied by Villa de Ocampo c.d.s., Fine to Very Fine. Follansbee #5. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 351		Mexico, Locals: C. Juarez; 5c With Local Overprint (blue gray) tied to 1914 Rezagos (seal) cover (flap missing), Fine. Follansbee #5. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 352		Mexico, Locals: Chihuahua; 1c, 4c, 10c "Denver" Issue With Local Provisional Overprint, Issue with Local provisional overprint, tied to Rezagos cover, Fine to Very Fine. Follansbee #1, 4, etc., The overprinted 10c Denver is not listed in the Follansbee handbook . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 353		Mexico, Locals: Chihuahua Overprint Group, 8 covers and 1 entire, noted 4 with official seals, good variety, noted one to U.S. and one to Canada, Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $219
Lot 354		o Mexico, Locals: Colima; 20c With Local Overprint, #317 var., light c.d.s., Fine to Very Fine, Mepsi (1998) cert. Not recorded in Follansbee on this value . Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $109
Lot 355		Mexico, Locals: Colima; 5c With Local Overpirnt, tied to 1914 cover, a particularly attractive example, Very Fine. Follansbee #5. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 356		Mexico, Locals: Guaymas; 20c Sonora Coach Seal With "EC" Local Overprint, With "EC" Local overprint, tied to 1915 cover, Very Fine, Mepsi (2003) cert. Follansbee #4, , very rare (fewer than 10 recorded) . Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 357		Mexico, Locals: Matehuala; 1c Pair and 3c Denver Revenue With Local Overprints, Revenue with Local overprints, tied to reverse of Rezagos cover (seal partially removed), Fine to Very Fine. Follansbee #3, 4. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 358		Mexico, Locals: Matehuala; 2c & 3c Denver Revenues With Local Overprints, Revenues with Local overprints, tied to Rezagos cover, choice example, Very Fine. Follansbee #3, 4. Estimate $120-200. View details and photo	Realized $92
Lot 359		Mexico, Locals: Matehuala; 5c Denver Revenue With Local Overprint, With Local overprint, tied to cover (Rezagos archive, with seal), scarce, Fine to Very Fine. Follansbee #5. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $81
Lot 360		Mexico, Locals: Monterey Overprint Group, 12 covers incl. nice 1c single franking, couple "Consit" errors, two entires, etc., generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 361		o Mexico, Locals: Oaxaca; 15c With Local Overprint, #316 var., neat c.d.s., Fine to Very Fine, Mepsi (1998) cert. Not recorded in Follansbee on this value . Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 362		Mexico, Locals: S. Juan De Allende; 5c With Local Overprint Plus 5c Denver Revenue, With Local overprint plus 5c Denver revenue, tied to 1914 cover to Texas (trace of Rezagos seal), slight browning of orange ink, Fine to Very Fine. Follansbee #3, , very rare . Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 363		Mexico, Locals: Sabinas; 5c With Overprint (Reading Up) (Reading up) pair tied, orange color of adhesives has browned, otherwise Fine. Follansbee #5, , very rare . Estimate $700-800. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 364		Mexico, Locals: Sabinas; 5c (2) With Local Overprints (Reading Down), tied to Rezagos cover, Fine. Follansbee #5, , only 5-10 are believed to exist . Estimate $700-800. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 365		Mexico, Locals: Salamanca; 5c Hidalgo Entire With Local Overprint, With Local overprint in light blue-green, used in 1914 to Puebla, Fine. Higgins and Gage #IB64, , rare . Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $540
Lot 366		Mexico, Locals: Salamanca; 5c With Faint Local Overprint, With faint Local overprint (orange ink has browned), plus 10c Denver (390), tied to 1914 registered, Fine to Very Fine. Follansbee #5, , rare . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 367		Mexico, Locals: Salvatierra; 5c With Type 2 Local Overprint, tied to attractive Rezagos cover, a beauty, Very Fine. Follansbee #6, , fewer than five such covers are known . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 368		Mexico, Locals: San Luis Potosi Overprint Group, 5 covers and 2 entires, couple with seals, nice group, Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Unsold
Lot 369		Mexico, Locals: San Pedro De Las Colonias; 5c With Very Rare Local Overprint, 5c with very rare Local overprint tied to Rezagos cover, orange has turned a little brown, otherwise Very Fine and very rare. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 370		Mexico, Locals: Sinaloa; 1c Strip of Three and 3c Pair With Local Overprint (Type 1), With Local overprint (Type 1) tied to two official covers, Fine to Very Fine. Follansbee #5, 7, , very scarce . Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 371		Mexico, Locals: Sinaloa; 2c Transitorio With Local Overprint, With Local overprint tied together with 3c Denver, a rare and attractive item, Very Fine. Follansbee #22B. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 373		Mexico, Locals: Sinaloa; 5c (Pair) Transitorio Issues With Provisional Overprint (With Period), Issues with Provisional overprint (with period), tied, light file fold, Fine to Very Fine. Follansbee #24B, , probably a unique franking . Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 374		Mexico, Locals: Sinaloa Overprint Group, 7 covers, couple stamps faulty, noted 1c single franking (scarce lovely piece), one to U.S. and one with official seal, generally Fine. Estimate $120-150. View details	Realized $173
Lot 375		Mexico, Locals: Torreon; 10c Pair With Local Overprints, tied registered to the U.S., envelope with corner fault, otherwise Very Fine. Follansbee #7. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 376		Mexico, Locals: Torreon; 20c With Type 2 Local Overprints in Blue, #317 var., horz. pair tied on piece, unusual item, Very Fine, Mepsi (1998) cert. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $109
Lot 377		Mexico, Locals: Torreon; 5c With Local Overprint, tied to Rezagos archive cover by the oval "SECCION POSTAL MILITAR DIVISION DEL NORTE BRIGADA ROBLES", roughly opened at top, Fine to Very Fine. Follansbee #6, , perhaps ten are known . Estimate $120-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 378		Mexico, Locals: Torreon Overprint Group, 9 covers, 7 with official seals, incl. one to U.S., Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Unsold
Lot 379		Mexico, Locals: Viezca; 1c With Local Overprint Plus Unoverprinted 4c, Plus unoverprinted 4c, tied to cover, minor edge faults, Very Fine, Mepsi (1997) cert. Follansbee #1, , very rare - the only recorded cover with the 1c Viezca . Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $805
Lot 380		Mexico, Locals: Viezca, 5c With Local Overprint, tied to 1914 cover by Durango duplex, Fine to Very Fine, Mepsi (2003) cert. Follansbee #5, , only eight covers have been recorded . Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $660
Lot 381		Mexico, Locals: Yucatan, 5c & 10c Delahuertista Issues, Issues tied to censored, heavy crease away from franking cracks the paper on reverse, still a very attractive example, and very scarce, Fine. Follansbee #1, 2. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 382		Mexico, Locals: Zacatecas Overprint Group, 7 covers, 5 with official seals, 2 to the U.S., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $170-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 383		Mexico, 1914-15 24 Covers With Local Provisional Overprints, Overprints from 12 locales incl. C. Gonzalez, couple philatelic Culiacan, Leon, Colima, an untied 20c Guaymas, etc., good variety, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $403
Lot 384		Mexico, 1914-15 Provisionals 6 Covers With Adhesives, with adhesives tied by provisional cancels of ACAPUNETA, ETZATLAN, MUSQUIZ (nice strike ties pair of 393D), PARRAS DEL LA FUENTE, unidentified CHIH (state administrator's seal, and "O" (indicating invalid postage), generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $196
Lot 385		Mexico, 1913-16, 7 Unusual Covers, which managed to collect 63 postal markings, 5c entires with "Oficina/Clausurada" type h/s (indicating office of destination closed, perhaps due to military Occupation), a 1916 Baja, California official stampless, a cover with revenue rejected as postage, most ended up in the dead letter archive, these tell stories! generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $115
Lot 386		Mexico, Oaxaca Provisionals, 7 Covers, #415-18, incl. a 5c Type 1 tied by Ejutla, a 3c tied to 2c entire (toning) and a philatelic cover with a variety of stamps incl. a Type 1 5c, mixed condition, but scarce, generally Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Unsold

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