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Martin "Spuff" Spufford

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Spuff's collection of 1874-1883 is going up for auction.
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2020, 02:34:38 PM »
Just to let you all know.
I am selling my first love of Mexican philately which I started over 50 years ago.
It's my 1874-1883 collection.
You can find it on Schuyler Rumsey auction site. Dec14-17th . LOT#3453

Lot3453 /o   
Mexico, 1874-83 Hidalgo Issue Collection, arranged in three large stockbooks, with a total of approximately 5,300 stamps and more than 600 100c issues; a major collection of these issues with section including wide apart numbers (1874-77), bottom numbers (1878), top numbers (1878-83) and without numbers (1883), with collector looking for mint, used (+ with sub-office usage), pen cancelled, district names in different sizes and colors, wove, wide horizontal laid paper, vertical laid & ribbed paper, Papel Sellado and LACROIX watermarks and every other possible variety, it took the owner over 50 years to assemble this collection; comes with simplified checklist of all three main issues, with items included in collection ex-Moorhouse, Laranaga, Widmaier and Cusanovitch.

You will never have another chance like this. Get bidding.