Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 3

Guanajuato 1856: 2 r. green and vertically bisected 8 r. red-lilac, used on 21 May 1858 cover and part back to Mexico City, paying a 6 reales rate, tied by bold strike of oval framed "CORREOS / SILAO" handstamp in black (Schatzkes fig. 528). The cover with file fold well away from the adhesives, an extraordinarily rare rate and franking. Ex collection Samuel Chapman. Cert. Jaretzky (1983).rnrnProvenance: Collection Mondolfo, Corinphila sale 70, March 1984, lot 3231.