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Maximilians / Re: David Feldman, Geneva Maximilian Collection Auction, June1, 2023
« on: June 15, 2023, 10:50:26 PM »
No idea what happened with this Maximilian collection auction but when I went to look for the prices realized it appears the whole Maximilian collection (around 180 lots) was withdrawn from the auction.  Very unusual.  I received a catalogue for the auction in the mail and presume that most MEPSI members would also have received the catalog.  It was/is a very impressive Maximilian collection.

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Maximilians / David Feldman, Geneva Maximilian Collection Auction, June1, 2023
« on: May 07, 2023, 02:23:07 PM »
For those interested in the Maximilian issue, David Feldman in Geneva have an extensive Maximilian collection broken into individual items in their June 1, 2023 auction.  A pdf of the auction catalog can be downloaded from their website.  Lots of good Maximilian material on offer.  They do not indicate in the catalog who this collection came from.

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1868 Issue / Re: 1868 50c Blue Color Error Research Article Request
« on: February 14, 2021, 11:32:19 AM »
Update to original scans request.

The number of identified 50c blue Hidalgo color errors is now up to 37.  Fritz Aebi kindly referred me to the Corinphila Edition D’or publication featuring the Rolf-Dieter Jaretzky Mexico collection which illustrates 17 copies of this stamp!  Nine of them are new copies to the census that did not go through auction sales in the past 50 plus years.
Manuel: To clarify - this 50c blue color error occurred in late 1868 on the first printing of thick figure of value stamps (1868 invoices only) and resulted from a 50c cliche being inserted by mistake in the 25c printing plate resulting in one 50c blue stamp in each sheet of 100 stamps.  The stamp color is the standard 25c blue color on pinkish paper, rather than the black on yellow paper used for the 50c stamps.

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1868 Issue / 1868 50c Blue Color Error Research Article Request
« on: February 12, 2021, 01:43:36 PM »
I am preparing an article for submission to Mexicana on the 1868 50c blue color error.  When Doug Stout and John Heath produced their handbook on the 1868 issue in 2005 they identified a total of 14 copies of this error based on auction sales, but did not illustrate or identify all of them.  I have just done some updated research based on Mexico specialty auction catalogues going back over 70 years and have identified a total of 28 distinct copies of this error stamp.  The article I am preparing will document each individual stamp and include a picture of each stamp and cover.  I have scans of all 28 stamps, but many are black and white pictures taken by scanning the photo plates of the old auction catalogues.  I do have high quality scans of around 25%-30% of the stamps from more recent auction sales where a good quality picture was available online.
If any Meximail participants have a copy of this error stamp, or know somebody who does,  I would love to get a good scan of the stamp to include in the article and replace what will otherwise likely be a low quality black and white image.  Here is your chance to have one of your unique stamps recorded in Mexicana.
500dps or 600dps scans would be ideal.  I can be reached at:  colindeane@ica.net

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Miscellaneous / Re: Library of Congress Maps of Mexican States 1884-86
« on: October 19, 2020, 12:45:19 PM »
Thanks for the link to these maps.  They are fabulous and show a level of detail down to small villages and even individual ranches.  Source of the maps is Antonio Garcia Cubas and the maps can be used in conjunction with his Diccionario geografico, historico y bigrafico which will provide more detail on each town, village, etc.  on the maps.  The maps were a separate publication from the Diccionario.  I used the Diccionario when I was doing my research on the 1868 issue using the MEPSI postal records archive (see Mexicana July 2020).
The Diccionario geografico, historico y biografico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos by Antonio Garcia Cubas is also available online and the full content of the original publication can be downloaded - see link for downloads page (the original publication was 5 volumes in 2 large books):
http://www.historicas.unam.mx/publicaciones/publicadigital/libros/diccionario_garcia_cubas/680t3D-LL.html

I would encourage everyone to look at these maps to see how detailed and useful they can be.
Great find Farley.  Thanks.

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1868 Issue / Re: 50c Cancel Identification
« on: April 28, 2019, 02:04:54 PM »
Thanks for your thoughts on this Bubba.

SLP Scz 1460 does fit - the lighter of the two cancels on the stamp does look like the OSI of Potosi with the correct spacing to the Franco and the heavier cancel has the LU of Luis.

The more I look at the district number it does not look like anything other than a 2 (I am pretty sure it is not a 5), so could be Veracruz, but there is some light ink to the left of the 2 which could make it a double digit district number.

Colin

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1868 Issue / 50c Cancel Identification
« on: April 12, 2019, 04:23:41 PM »
I have had this stamp in my "to be identified" pile for a long time and have not come up with anything.  It originally came from a MEPSI circuit book and was identified as Maravatio, which does not appear to be the case.

The district number is non-existant/unreadable.  I think I can see a faint 2, but not sure on that.  The identifiable letters in the circular cancel look to me like LU, but I have not come up with a cancel to match.  Anybody have any ideas on which district/town this might be?

Colin

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1856 -1861 Issues / Re: 1861 Dos Reales Cancel Identification
« on: June 13, 2017, 09:10:04 PM »
Thanks Manuel for the cancel ID. 

I was looking for cancels with no circular framelines, but can now see a small portion of the circular outer frameline by the C of Macho.

Colin

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1856 -1861 Issues / 1861 Dos Reales Cancel Identification
« on: June 13, 2017, 06:10:47 PM »
I have been trying to identify the cancel on this 1861 dos reales and not having any luck.  The lack of a visible district name does not help! There may be a very light district name on right side of stamp below cancel.  The cancel appears to be an unframed oval FRANCO at top with the town name at bottom.  My best guess on the partial letters in the town name are ODRIMAC, or something close to that.  Does anybody have any ideas on what this might be.  I just went all through Schatzkes looking for unframed oval FRANCO cancels to se if I could find anything similar and did not spot anything.
Colin

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1868 Issue / 1868 Puebla District Cancel Identification Question
« on: January 18, 2017, 05:14:55 PM »
I have looked at this stamp several times and cannot figure out the cancellation.  It does not appear to be either of the Puebla straight line cancels (Schatzkes 1153, 1154).  Anybody have any ideas on this one?  I have attached 2 scans because it looks like the cancel my be upside down.
Colin

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1856 -1861 Issues / Re: 1856 Dos Reales Sultepec Forgery?
« on: July 12, 2016, 01:34:42 PM »
Thanks for everybody's input on this 2r Sultepec. Much appreciated.  It would be a really nice stamp, except for the crease.  However, it was the crease that  made me look harder at this one to see if it might be genuine.  Not a bad find for something I bought thinking it was a forgery.  Just shows there are still opportunities to find good Mexico classics in old collections.
Colin

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1856 -1861 Issues / Re: 1856 Dos Reales Sultepec Forgery?
« on: June 25, 2016, 05:24:42 PM »
Manuel, James & Farley:

I appreciate your input on this dos reales Sultepec.  I am still not sure one way or the other on this stamp. 

The information James posted on the Sultepec counterfeit overprint is interesting.  The district name on my stamp does not have two of the characteristics of the counterfeit - neither the broken L or the short top to the C as shown on James 8r counterfeit.  Also, I may be wrong, but  thought the counterfeits were largely restricted to the 4r and 8r values.

Unfortunately for non-US MEPSI members, certification appears to be an expensive proposition for a single stamp (I think $50 for the certificate, based on $2500 NF catalog value + $45 for return shipment, plus $20 for Registered mail to submit the stamp, so ends up well over $100).

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1856 -1861 Issues / 1856 Dos Reales Sultepec Forgery?
« on: June 23, 2016, 10:03:49 PM »
The 1856 dos reales Sultepec district stamp has a value of $2,500 in the latest Follansbee catalog.  Attached are scans of the front and back of  a 2r Sultepec that came in a mixed lot of Mexico stamps I bought recently.  Due to the high value of the genuine stamps I presume this to be a forgery, probably De Thuin who forged the Sultepec cancel (Scz 1551).  Unfortunately the cancel on my stamp is not clear enough to determine if it has the flattened bottom to the S that is one of the characteristics of the De Thuin forgery. 

This stamp has a horizontal crease that looks like the filing folds common on early Mexico stamps that were retained in commercial mail archives.  I find it surprising that a forger would do this to a stamp.

My options with this stamp are to sell it on ebay as a forgery of an impossibly expensive stamp, or submit it to MEPSI for certification, which could cost more than the stamp's value as a forgery.  I would appreciate any insight/opinions that would help determine that this is definitely a forgery.

Colin Deane, Canada

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Eagles / Re: "Asian Philatelist" Eagle collection?
« on: September 04, 2015, 10:43:34 PM »
Just to clarify.  The Alan Au Yong collection sold at Feldman was NOT the Eagle collection illustrated in the Asia Philatelist web site.  I was the buyer of the Au Yong Exhibit collection - nobody else put in an offer after it did not sell at the auction!!

I would love to know what happened to the Asia Philatelist collection because it had some very nice material.

Colin Deane, Canada

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1856 -1861 Issues / Re: Corinphila Auction of Gold Medal 1st Issues Collection
« on: November 05, 2014, 09:29:58 PM »
I was looking for some unrelated information in Mexicana tonight and just happened to see a reference to the gold medal award exhibit of Mexico first issues 1856-1861, formed by Peter Broennimann (Finlandia 1988).  This was in the October 1988 Mexicana and referred to the first showing of this exhibit. 

I was wondering why I did not recall seeing the name of this exhibitor before.  Looks like the material in this Corinphila auction has not changed hands since the 1980's, so will be a treasure trove for specialists in this issue looking to build an exhibit.

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