Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 3

Guadalajara 1864/66: Eagle Fourth period ½ r. lilac, a wonderful horizontal strip of six with large margins all round, Invoice 131-1865, sub-consignment 41; used on 1866 cover to Guadalajara tied by oval framed "FRANQUEADO / TEPIC" handstamps in black (Schatzkes fig. 417) with manuscript date "Mayo 30 / 66" inserted in strike on obverse. A most attractive and extremely scarce cover that displays well. Cert. Jaretzky (1983).rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 70, March 1984, lot 3380.