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LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
721		32	1867 FL from Veracruz, January 13 to France, franked with 13 centavos Maximilian (Vera Cruz 128-1866), tied by "Franqueado Vera Cruz" departure datestamp, used in combination with French postage pre-paid with 80 centimes Empire, tied by "anchor" lozenge of the Consular Agency at Veracruz, boxed "PD" (paid to destination) in red. Pre-payment to France was not required, carried by the steamer "Imperatrice Eugenie", Ligne B postmark, plus transit and arrival markings on back, fine and splendid cover, one of only three recorded usages of a Maximilian Issue together with a French stamp, illustrated in Mexican Maritime Mail (plate A), with 1992 Mepsi cert. (Cat No. 32) (Image)	$15,000 SOLD for $19,000.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM

MEXICO FRENCH SHIPS - 1866-1870

LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
722			1866 FL from Veracruz, December 13 to Genova, Italy, franked with 13 centavos Maximilian Issue (scarce on maritime mail), conveyed per French Packet No. 2 (steamer "Panama"), rated 10 decimes, with Italian distribution and arrival (11 January) markings, fine (Image)	$2,500 SOLD for $3,000.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
723			1866 FL from Paris, June 15 to Veracruz, paying 4fr with perforated strip of four and single 80c "Empire" (one faulty), with "Paris a Nantes 15 June" departure cds on back, via "St.Nazaire", with "P.P." (paid to port) in red, charged "6" reales on arrival , fine (Image)	$750 SOLD for $700.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
724		34	1866 FL from Mexico City, 13 October to Paris, franked with 50c green Maximilian, by the steamer "Imperatrice Eugenie" arriving at St. Nazaire on November 13th, with "20" (decimes) due. Maximilian Issues are seldom encountered on maritime covers, particularly the 50 centavos value, signed J.H. Bash (Cat No. 34) (Image)	$4,000 SOLD for $3,750.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
725			1867 Cover from Veracruz, 14 February to Geneva, Switzerland, franked with 13c Maximilian, carried by steamer "Nouvelle Monde" arriving at St. Nazaire March 14th, then overland via Paris, arriving in Geneva March 16th, triangular "F29" Franco-Swiss exchange mark and rated 200 centimes on arrival, fine and only known cover franked with the Maximilian issue to Switzerland, ex-Cihangir collection (Image)	$4,000 SOLD for $4,000.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
726		45	1867 Cover from Mexico City, August 10 to Marseille, franked with 4 reales "Gothic" Hidalgo on thin blue paper (fewer than ten foreign mail covers are known with this stamp), taken aboard French Paquebot No. 1 "Panama", August 13th, arriving September 4th, charged "10" (decimes) due from recipient, backflap missing, fine (Cat No. 45) (Image)	$1,500 SOLD for $1,600.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
727		37,38	1867 Outer FL from Mexico City, 10 June to Paris, 14 reales franking with single 2r black on pink and strip of three of 4r red on yellow (Gothic "Mexico"), carried by steamer "France" to St.Nazaire, arriving Paris on 9 July, rated "60" (decimes) for 2 ounces (the rate at this time was 10 decimes per 10 grams), fine and impressive cover, rare franking, with Mepsi cert. (Cat No. 37,38) (Image)	$5,000 SOLD for $6,000.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
728		44	1867 Coverfront from Mexico City to Italy, franked with vertical pair 2r (Gothic "Mexico"), carried by the steamer "France" departing Veracruz September 13th, arriving October 10th, rated 20 decimes on arrival for a double-weight letter, fine (Cat No. 44) (Image)	$500 SOLD for $1,600.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
729			1867 Outer FL from Veracruz to Paris, franked with 13c Maximilian, tied by "Franquedo Vera Cruz", with 16 March "Paq. Fr. No.2" of Ligne "B" departure octagonal datestamp, rated "10" (decimes) with 12 April arrival pmk on back, filing folds away from the stamp, v.f. (Image)	$2,500 SOLD for $3,000.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
730			1867 Outer FL from Havana, August 6 to Mexico City, paying 1.20 francs postage for double-weight letter (perforated strip of 4x10c and single 80c "Empire"), faint "Havane" departure pmk, carried by steamer "Panama", with "4" reales due on arrival, fine letter from Cuba with French franking to Mexico (Image)	$1,200 SOLD for $1,100.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
731			1867 Outer FL from Tampico to Bordeaux franked with horizontal pair of French 40c "Empire", tied by Anchor in dots pmk, Mexican postage paid with "Correos Tampic" sello negro, boxed "PD" in red ( postage paid to destination), sent via Ligne F paquebot "Sonora" departing 7 August, arriving at Veracruz August 10th, transferred to steamer "Panama" August 13th, arriving at St. Nazaire September 7th and Bordeaux the next day, fine and scarce "mixed franking" of French adhesives and Sello Negro, signed Pothion, ex-Dubus collection (Image)	$1,500 SOLD for $1,500.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
732			1868 FL from New Orleans, October 9 to Mexico City, carried privately and forwarded at Havana by "J.R. Marquete" on November 1st, paying 60c with a horizontal strip of 3x20c perforated "Empire", with "Havane" departure datestamp, taken by French steamer "Panama", with "4" Reales due on arrival, v.f. (Image)	$2,500 SOLD for $2,800.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
733			1868 Cover from Tampico to Lugano, Switzerland, paying 1.20fr with perforated France 40c and 80c Empire, Mexican postage paid by Tampico May 7 "sello negro", red "PD" hs (paid to destination), carried by the steamer "Sonora" to Veracruz, arriving May 10th and transferred to steamer "Imperatrice Eugenie" May 4th, arriving at St. Nazaire June 11th, then overland to Switzerland, with Curio arrival pmk, fine mixed franking with post-war Tampico sello negro and French adhesives, illustrated in Mexican Maritime Mail (page 127) (Image)	$1,500 SOLD for $2,600.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
734			1870 FL from Mexico City to Neuchatel, triple weight paid with 50c Hidalgo (1868 issue), sent via French packet "Washington", endorsed "Voie de St. Nazaire" (but without consular agency datestamp) departing Veracruz May 13th (with Ligne B agency datestamp) and arriving at St. Nazaire on 9th June, exchanged under the terms of Article 29 of the Franco-Swiss Convention of 1865, triangular "F.29" accountancy handstamp, charged 1 franc postage due on arrival in Switzerland, fine (Image)	$1,000 SOLD for $1,700.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
735			1870 Outer FL from Mexico City, April 10 to Breslau, franked with pin-perf. 50c Hidalgo, via France per "Washington" and by train to Prussia where the recipient was charged "17" silbergroschen (3sgr domestic charge to Prussia and 14sgr to France), rectangular "F48" accountancy mark (as per the article in the Franco-Prussian treaty), also "66" in red crayon, transit and arrival pmks, scarce (Image)	$750 SOLD for $850.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
736			1870 Coverfront to Spain, franked with imperf. 25c blue on pink, cancelled by boxed "Franco Lacouna", with "Polacra Goleta Dalia" ship mark at left, charged "8Rs." in Spain, fine (Image)	$250 SOLD for $240.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM

MEXICO FRENCH SHIPS - 1871 Bordeaux mixed franking

LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
737			1871 FL from Mexico City, May 27 to Madrid, franked with 50c Hidalgo (1868 issue), sent through the French Consular Agency at Veracruz, June 13th per steamer "France" (the letter was initially endorsed "Paquete Ingles", then crossed out to "Frances"), with 80c carmine (Bordeaux Issue, margins all around except in at lower left) applied over the Mexican adhesive and cancelled with anchor (French postage had to be pre-paid to France), boxed "PP" handstamp (indicating paid to port), also "1,Peseta" handstamp, due for Spanish internal mail. This is the only recorded Bordeaux cover from Mexico (Image)	$7,500 SOLD for $8,500.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM

MEXICO FRENCH SHIPS - 1871-72

LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
738			1871 FL from Guadalajara to Paris, franked with imperf. 25c, sent via Veracruz (red September 12 departure datestamp), carried by the "Floride", with 12 (decimes) due on arrival in France, v.f. (Image)	$750 SOLD for $700.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
739			1872 Cover from Veracruz, 17 February to Genova, franked with 12c Hidalgo, via the Ligne B packet "Guadeloupe" arriving St. Nazaire March 6th, with credit of 22 decimes to France, handstamped with the French exchange marking "F 30" for mail from the United States to Switzerland. This was applied in error, as a result of misreading the address "Genova" for "Geneva" (even then, "F29" would have been the correct mark for mail from Mexico). The cover arrived in Geneva, Switzerland on March 17th, was resent to Genova, arriving on March 18th where it was charged 2,20 lire postage due, applying pair of 10c and 2x1L adhesives. A great cover, ex-David Warham collection, illustrated in Mexican Maritime Mail (page 307) (Image)	$1,500 SOLD for $2,300.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM
740			1872 Cover from Taretan to London, franked with 25c blue on pink (postal forgery), tied by a boxed "France Taretan", sent via Veracruz (red January 13 departure pmk) and Ligne "B" steamer "Nouvelle Monde" to St. Nazaire (arriving February 10th), with "FR 2f20c" accountancy exchange mark for letters going to England through France, redirected within London, cover tears, otherwise fine (Image)	$300 SOLD for $300.00 Closing..Feb-20, 10:00 AM