Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 4

Guadalajara 1864: Third period Eagle 8 r. red, 207-1(864), a quadrisected example, top left quarter, used as a 2 reales on 22 March 1865 entire letter to Guadalajara tied by "FRANCO EN / ZAPOTLAN." in black (Schatzkes fig. 441). An outstanding and famous entire, one of just a handful of recorded covers and most probably the finest. Signed J.K. Bash. Cert. Mepsi (1995) Scott = $ 15'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Erich Koenig, Sotheby's, New York, 30 May 1995, lot 274.rn                   Collection 'Aguilas', Soler y Llach, Barcelona, 25 Feb 1997, lot 3262.rnrnThe '207-1864' date is definite - lot 275 in the Koenig sale showed a piece with the adjoining part of the same stamp, lower left quarter, with the '864'. Copies of this information are supplied with the lot.rnrnrn