Salomon Rosenthal Collection of Mexican Maritime Mail
February 20, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #698 MEXICO FRENCH SHIPS - 1864 1/2r rate to Germany 1864 Cover from Tulancingo March 6 to Stuttgart (Wurttemberg), franked with +r First Period (district name only) Eagle Issue, conveyed per steamer "Tampico," arriving at St. Nazaire April 18th, then overland via Strasbourg, 27kr charged the recipient, with octagonal "Vera Cruz Paq. Fr." datestamp and other markings on reverse, backflap missing, otherwise v.f., ex-R.M. Taylor collection. The special 1/2 real rate was made available for Austrian and Belgian volunteers (French Foreign Legion) in Emperor Maximilian's army  | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
