U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 29-30, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #212 MARITIME MAIL IN THE AMERICAS MEXICO 1838 (3 Oct) FL from Veracruz to Philadelphia, carried per packet "Swift", New York, November 12 arrival pmk in red, fine cover used during the "Pastry War" (Guerra de los pasteles). In November 1838, a French pastry cook, Mr. Remontel, claimed that his shop in the Tacubaya district of Mexico City had been ruined by looters and demanded compensation. When payment was not forthcoming, King Louis-Philippe of France ordered a blockade of all Mexican ports from Yucatan to the Rio Grande, with most of the Mexican navy captured at Veracruz. With diplomatic intervention from Great Britain, French forces withdrew from Mexico on 9th March, 1839  | Price Realized $450.00 |
