Salomon Rosenthal Collection of Mexican Maritime Mail
February 20, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #701 MEXICO FRENCH SHIPS - 1862-63 1862 FL written 10 December, franked with 2r Hidalgo (pre-print fold) and sent from Mexico City to Spain. The letter's text mentions that this is the first mail the French, who were then moving against Puebla the second time, let through, and then only letters going abroad by "extraordinario." This letter was endorsed to go via England but apparently missed the sailing of the British ship "Tampico" December 18th, thus the boxed handstamp "AprFs de depart." Carried by an unknown vessel and forwarded at Bordeaux by "Georges Raffard", with transit and Madrid 28 January, 1863 arrival pmk. A fine example of usage during the French Blockade, ex-Todd collection  | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #702 MEXICO FRENCH SHIPS - 1862-63 1862 Cover from Mexico City, July 15 to Paris, double weight paid with a horizontal pair of 2r black on pink (also indicated with a manuscript "2"), conveyed via the French Packet "Floride", rated "16" (decimes) on arrival. The "1 Mexique 1" octagonal datestamp on front and the "Mexique-Floride" on the back were applied by the French consulate at Veracruz (which operated until April 1879), fine "semi-mixed" cover, with 1989 Mepsi cert. Illustrated in Mexican Maritime Mail (page 109) Catalog #6 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #703 MEXICO FRENCH SHIPS - 1862-63 1862 FL from Mexico City, 11 July, franked with 4r black on yellow, sent to France via steamship "Floride" (octagonal "Mexique-Floride 15 July 1862" on reverse), with appropriate transit and August 13th arrival pmks, rated 8 decimes, fine | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
