Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 3

Guadalajara 1864/66: Eagle Thid period ½ r. lilac in a fine horizontal pair (Invoice 243-1864, sub-consignm,ent 12-1865) and single 4 r. green without Invoice number (sub-consignment 11-864) on February 1865 cover front and part back used to Guadalajara tied by two strikes of oval "FRANQUEADO / TEPIC" handstamps in black (Schatzkes fig. 417). Extremely rare and not unattractive usage. Cert. Jaretzky (1983).rnrnProvenance: Collection Mondolfo, Corinphila sale 70, March 1984, lot 3412.