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Postage stamps and postal history of Mexico

Mexico's postal system has its roots in the Aztec system of messengers which the Spanish adopted after the Conquest. During the 18th century, Spain established a formal postal system with regular routes. In 1856, Mexico issued its first adhesive postage stamps, with "district overprints", a unique feature among postal systems worldwide, employed to combat theft of postage stamps. From the late 19th century, Mexico's stamps were generally conservative in design and often manufactured abroad. The Mexican Revolution and ensuing Civil Wars (1910-1920), however, threw Mexico into upheaval and resulted in numerous provisional and local stamps issued by the factions in control of different areas of the country. In the years preceding World War II, the look of Mexico's stamps changed dramatically, with many stamps displaying the works of modern Mexican abstract and mural artists.

Mexico is popular among philatelists particularly for its classic issues with their complex use of district overprints and invoice numbers, as well as the variety of cancellations used on those issues. Other areas that have received extensive philatelic attention are Mexico's pre-stamp postal markings, the issues of the Mexican Revolution (1913–1916), and the modern Exporta issue (1975–1983), with its complex variety of papers, sizes, perforations and watermarks. James H. Beal has stated that "few will doubt that any single country's issues raise more and vaster questions, require more care in the avoidance of pitfalls, or more defy neat solutions, than the stamps of Mexico."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Mexico

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Scott: #G1P, #G4O, #G7O

Issued: 1935, 1944, 1947

Insured Letter Stamps

Inside #G1, #G4, #G7: Stamps on Parcel

1940 mexico 5+ cent gul1940 mexico 10+ cent lilla1940 mexico 20+ cent rød1940 mexico un+ peso oransj1940 mexico 5+ pesos mørk blå

1940 mexico 5+cent grønn1940 mexic0 10+ cent blå1940 mexico 20+ cent blå1940 mexico un+peso brun1940 mexico 5+persos brun

Scott: #754O, #755P, #756P, #757O, #758O,

 #C103O, #C104O, #C105P, #C106O, #C107O

Issued: 6.5.1940 / 2.5.1940

Penny Black Centenary

GB #1 te Inside #754-8, #C103-7: G.B. #1 [C-H]

Visit: The Penny Black Plate project http://www.arcieriminerva.it/SOS/homeSOS.htm

Thanks to Tore Sørensen for the scans

#825

Scott: #825P

Issued: 0.0.1947

Definitive

Inside #825: Stamp on Envelope

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Scott: #826-7P

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Scott:#C167-9P

Issued: 16.5.1947

CIPEX

%231 Inside #826, #C167, #C169: Mexico #1O

#2 Inside #827, #C168: US #2O

Scott: #C168aO

Thanks to Lou for the scan

#897

Scott: #897P

Issued: 1.8.1956

EXMEX

%231 Inside #897: Mexico #1O

#937 #C274

Scott: #937P, #C274O

Issued: 9.10.1963

77th APS Convention

#897 Inside #937: Mexico #897P

Inside #C274: Pseudo Stamp

#C333

#C334

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Scott: #C333-4P

Issued: 24.2.1968

EFIMEX '68 Publicity

 Inside #C333: Mexico #O4O

 Inside #C334: Mexico #O1O

Thanks to Lou for the scans

#C345

Scott: #C345P

Issued: 1.11.1968

EFIMEX '68

%23O6 Inside #C345: Mexico #O6O

Lou wrote: In the right margin of the Mexico #C345 s/s is the emblem of a defunct Chilean philatelic organization that is part of an actual stamp. I have added it to my database and collection: Chile #16-- design component; Columbus vignette only.

mexico C345 msrgin detail

sos chile 16 1867-- design component Inside #C345 (In margin): Chile #16O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #C385P

Issued: 22.5.1971

Philately for Peace - EXFILCA '70

 Inside #C385: Colombia #130O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C385: Mexico #O1O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C385: Venezuela #22O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

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Scott: #C391P

Issued: 4.11.1971

Philately for Peace - EXFILMA '71

 Inside #C391: Colombia #130O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C391: Mexico #O1O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C391: Venezuela #22

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C391: Peru #C320O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

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Scott: #1046O

Issued: 12.10.1972

Stamp Day of the Americas

Inside #1046: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #C414P

Issued: 19.1.1973

Philately for Peace - EXFILBRA '72

 Inside #C414: Brazil #992P

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C414: Colombia #130O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C414: Mexico #O1O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C414: Peru #C320O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C414: Venezuela #22O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

Scott: #C434PP

Issued: 28.10.1974

Philately for Peace - EXFILMEX '74

 Inside #C434: Brazil #992P

 Inside #C434: Colombia #130O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C434: Mexico #O1O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C434: Peru #C320O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C434: Venezuela #22O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

 Inside #C434: Mexico #123O

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Scott: #C569P

Issued: 11.6.1978

50th Anniversary, Mexico - Washington Flight by Emilio Carranza

 Inside #C569: Mexico #C6O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

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Scott: #C593P

Issued: 27.4.1979

Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

Inside #C593: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #C605P

Issued: 7.6.1979

MEPSIPEX '79

%23126  Inside #C605: Mexico #126O

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Scott: #1242P

Issued: 6.8.1981

125th Anniversary, Mexican Stamps

%231 Inside #1242: Mexico #1O

Mexico's postal system has its roots in the Aztec system of messengers which the Spanish adopted after the Conquest. During the 18th century, Spain established a formal postal system with regular routes. In 1856, Mexico issued its first adhesive postage stamps, with "district overprints", a unique feature among postal systems worldwide, employed to combat theft of postage stamps. From the late 19th century, Mexico's stamps were generally conservative in design and often manufactured abroad. The Mexican Revolution and ensuing Civil Wars (1910-1920), however, threw Mexico into upheaval and resulted in numerous provisional and local stamps issued by the factions in control of different areas of the country. In the years preceding World War II, the look of Mexico's stamps changed dramatically, with many stamps displaying the works of modern Mexican abstract and mural artists.

Mexico is popular among philatelists particularly for its classic issues with their complex use of district overprints, as well as the variety of cancellations used on those issues. Other areas that have received extensive philatelic attention are Mexico's pre-stamp postal markings, the issues of the Mexican Revolution (1913–1916), and the modern Exporta issue (1975–1983), with its complex variety of papers, sizes, perforations and watermarks. James H. Beal has stated that "few will doubt that any single country's issues raise more and vaster questions, require more care in the avoidance of pitfalls, or more defy neat solutions, than the stamps of Mexico."

Postage stamps and postal history of Mexico

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Mexico

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Scott: #1270P

Issued: 20.3.1982

Postal Code Publicity

 Inside #1270: Mexico #1259O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

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Scott: #1302P

Issued: 17.11.1982

Opening of Revolutionary Museum, Chihuahua

 Inside #1302: Mexico #C232P

Thanks to Lou for the scan

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Scott: #1311P

Issued: 13.3.1983

HERFILEX '83

 Inside #1311: Mexico #326O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

#1344

Scott: #1344O

Issued: 2.1.1984

Postal Code Centenary

Inside #1344: Stamps on Envelopes

#1382-4

Scott: #1382-4P

Issued: 9.6.1985

MEXFIL '85

%235  Inside #1382: Mexico #5O or #5bO

The stamp is reproduced with non existent perfs in error

%23574 Inside #1383: Mexico #574O

%231081 Inside #1384: Mexico #1081O

Scott: #1385PP

Issued: 27.6.1985

 Inside #1385: Mexico #111O

Thanks to Lou for the scan

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Scott: #1642P

Issued: 19.4.1990

10th Anniversary, Mexican Philatelic Assoc.

Inside #1642: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #1646P

Issued: 6.5.1990

150th Anniversary, Penny Black [S-C]

 Inside #1646: G.B. #1 [S-C]

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Scott: #1759O

Issued: 9.10.1992

World Post Day

Inside #1759: Stamp on Envelope

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Scott: #1824P

Issued: 30.7.1993

150th Anniversary, Brazilian Stamps

%231 Inside #1824: Brazil #1O

%231928

Scott: #1928O

Issued: 9.10.1995

World Post Day

Inside #1928: Stamp on Envelope

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Scott: #1996O

Issued: 2.9.1996

World Post Day

Inside #1996: Stamp on Envelope

1999

Scott: #2167O

Issued: 09.10.1999

World Post Day

Inside #2167: Pseudo Stamps

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Scott: #2196O

Issued: 21.12.2000

Communications and Transportation

From the 20th Century To the 3rd Millennium

Scott: #2196cO

 Inside #2196c: Mexico #1998O

 Inside #2196c: Mexico #2181O

 Inside #2196c: Mexico #C518O

 Inside #2196c: Mexico #C201O

 Inside #2196c: Mexico #C255P

%23C259 Inside #2196c: Mexico #C259P

 Inside #2196c: Mexico #2051O

 Inside #2196c: Mexico #C547O

 Inside #2196c: Mexico #1883O

 Inside #2196c: Mexico #1954O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno for the scans

Scott: #2239O

Issued: 9.10.2001

Dialogue among Civilizations

Inside #2239: Pseudo Stamp on Envelope

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert

MEX S2530

Scott: #2530O

Issued: 10.11.2006

Postman Day

MEX S2530 

Inside #2530: Mexico #2530 on Envelope

Thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán

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Scott: 2559a-dO

Issued: 12.11.2007

Letter Carrier's Day

Inside #2559a-d: Stamps on Envelope

2009

Scott: #2639O

Issued: 09.10.2009

World Post Day

Inside #2639: Pseudo stamp on cover and on paper airplane

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

http://www.wnsstamps.ch/stamps/2011/MX/MX003.11-250.jpg

Scott: #2732O

Issued: 23.03.2011

100th Anniversary, PUASP

Inside #2732: TBI

Scott: #2742P

Issued: 8.8.2011

Promotion of Philately

Inside #2742: TBI

Scott: #2747O

Issued: 22.8.2011

 Inside #2747: Mexico #2488P

 Inside #2747: Mexico #2495O

Lou wrote: There might also be some kind of imprinted envelope to the left of the stamps—I see the Mexico Postal Service logo of the stylized bird and letter on what looks like an addressed envelope, but I haven’t been able to find one to confirm.

 

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

 

Scott: #2764O

Issued: 18.11.2011

Christmas

Inside #2764: Stamps on envelopes

Scott: #2765cO

https://www.tienda.sepomex.gob.mx/SEPOMEXtienda/images/catalog/E1229.jpg

Scott: #2804O

Issued: 12.11.2012

Letter Carrier's Day

 

Inside #2804: Stamp on envelope

https://www.tienda.sepomex.gob.mx/SEPOMEXtienda/images/catalog/S1229.jpg

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

mexico

Scott: #2899O

Issued: 29.10.2014

Day of the Dead

Inside #2899: Various U.S., G.B. and Canada stamps

mexico detail top left

Top Left

sos u s 1859 1980 Inside #2899: U.S. #1859O

sos u s 2067 1984 Inside #2899: U.S. #2067P

mexico detail left

Left

sos u s 2995 1995 Inside #2899: U.S. #2995P

sos u s 1140 1960 Inside #2899: U.S. #1140P

sos u s 1582 1975 Inside #2899: U.S. #1582P

mexicodetail upper right

Upper right

sos gt britain 681 1972 Inside #2899: G.B. #681P

sos gt britain 237 1937 Inside #2899: G.B. #237P

sos gt britain 645 1970 Inside #2899: G.B. #645P

sos canada 465a 1967 Inside #2899: Canada #465aP

sos u s 3018 1995 Inside #2899: U.S. #3018P

sos u s 1582 1975 Inside #2899: U.S. #1582P

sos austria 115 1913 Inside #2899: Austria #115P

Lou Wrote: Austria #115 - at upper right next to U.S. #1582 (ballot box) and just above skull teeth -both brownish red shade.

I don't see it - but Lou is always right!

mexico detail lower right

Lower right

sos u s 1161 1960 Inside #2899: U.S. #1161P

sos u s 1900a precancel 1983 Inside #2899: U.S. #1900O

sos u s 1821 1980  Inside #2899: U.S. #1821P

sos u s 1143 1960 Inside #2899: U.S. #1143P

mexico fdc

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

mexico

Scott: #2963O

Issued: 19.11.2015

50th Anniversary: Mexican Philatelic Association

sos mexico 2926 2015 Inside #2963: Mexico #2926O

 mexico fdc detail documentos

sos mexico documentos stamp 1889-90 Inside #2963: Mexico unlisted non-postal 'Documentos' stampO

(A scan of a lesser value)

Lou wrote: I don't understand why, with all the stamps issued by Mexico since 1856, the designer chose a fiscal stamp that never saw postal use to honor stamp collector organizations.

mexico fdc

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

mexico

Scott: #3013O

Issued: 01.08.2016

160th Anniversary, First Stamp of Mexico

sos mexico 1a 1 1856 Inside #3013: Mexico #1aO

(Changed color: brown, not blue)

mexico fdc 8 1 16

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

mexico

Scott: #????O

Issued: 09.10.2019

World Post Day/145th Anniversary of the U.P.U.

mexico detail

mexico 2019 1 50 pending mexico 2505- dated 2019 pending Inside #????: Mexico #????-? (2019)O

mexico fdc 10 9 19

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #3177P

Issued: 28.09.2020

Year of Leona Vicar, 1789-1842

[The 100th Anniversary of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain, type AX] Inside #3177: Mexico #311O

María de la Soledad Leona Camila Vicario Fernández de San Salvador, best known as Leona Vicario (April 10, 1789 – August 21, 1842), was one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican War of Independence. She was dedicated to informing insurgents of movements in her home Mexico City, the capital of the viceroyalty. She was a member of Los Guadalupes, one of the earliest independence movements in New Spain. She financed the rebellion with her large fortune. She was one of the first female journalists in Mexico. Driven by strong feminist beliefs, she took many risks and sacrificed much wealth in the name of liberation.

Vicario has been given the title "Distinguished and Beloved Mother of the Homeland" by the Congress of the Union. Her name is inscribed in gold in the Mural of Honor in the lower house of the Mexican Congress. 2020 was declared the "Year of Leona Vicario, Benemérita (Praiseworthy) Madre (Mother) de la Patria (of the Motherland)". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Vicario

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Leona_Vicario_Mayor.PNG/220px-Leona_Vicario_Mayor.PNG

[World Philatelic Day, type EXJ]

Scott: #3201O

Issued: 12.05.2021

World Philatelic Day

Inside #3201: TBI

 

 

Thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán

MEX2022W4542

Scott: #3258O

Issued: 21.07.2022

150th Anniversary, Benito Juarez

MEX1951M970 Inside #3258: Mexico #859

Thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán

Scott: #3334O

Issued: 11.04.2024

International Stamps Congress

 Inside #3334: Mexico #3O

 Inside #3334: Mexico #4O

 Inside #3334: Mexico #49O

 Inside #3334: Mexico #47O

Lou wrote: IDing the stamps is one thing, finding scans with matching district name, number and abbreviated date--or stamps without any overprints-- is another story.

The stamps in the strips at the top of the SoS are Mexico Sc #3--2 r green and Sc #4 --4r red, both issued in 1856; the upright SoS is Mexico Sc #49- 50c yellow and the inverted SoS is Sc #47- 12c green, both issued in 1868. The last two have PUEBLA, unclear number and 69 year date overprints.

Thanks to Martin Hirschbühl and Lou Guadagno

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[Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, 1753-1811 - Handstamped with District Name, type A]

Mexico #1 + for Liberia

Mexico #3

Mexico #4

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Mexico #5 or #5b

sos mexico documentos stamp 1889-90

Mexico unlisted non-postal 'Documentos' stamp

Mexico #47

Mexico #49

Mexico #111

Mexico #123

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Mexico #126

Mexico #C6

ecuador s--sos mexico 246 1895

Mexico #246 for Ecuador

 

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Mexico #O1 + for Uruguay

Mexico #O4

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Mexico #O6

[The 100th Anniversary of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain, type AX]

Mexico #311

Mexico #326

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Mexico #G4, #G7

%23574

Mexico #574

1940 mexico 5+ cent gul1940 mexico un+ peso oransj1940 mexico 5+ pesos mørk blå1940 mexico 5+cent grønn1940 mexic0 10+ cent blå1940 mexico un+peso brun1940 mexico 5+persos brun

Mexico #754 #757, #758, #C103, #C104, #C106, #C107

Mexico #C168a

Mexico #C201

Mexico #C262 for Guinea

#C274

Mexico #C274

+MEX M1196

Mexico #C311 for Yemen

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Mexico #C350 for Paraguay

Volleyball

Mexico #985 for Sharjah

Wrestling

Mexico #990 for Sharjah, Kyrgyzstan

Modern pentathlon

Mexico #991 for Sharjah, Djibouti 

Water polo

Mexico #992 for Sharjah

Gymnastics on parallel bars

Mexico #993 for Sharjah

Boxing

Mexico #994 for Sharjah

Pistol shooting

Mexico #995 for Sharjah

Rowing

Mexico # C336 for Sharjah

Horse riding

Mexico #C338 for Sharjah

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Mexico #1046

%231081

Mexico #1081

Mexico #C518

sos mexico 1207 1980

Mexico #1207 for Chad

Mexico #C547

Mexico #1259

Mexico #1327 for Central Africa

#1344

Mexico #1344

Mexico #1555 for Malawi

%231759

Mexico #1759

Mexico #1883

%231928

Mexico #1928

Mexico #1954

%231996

Mexico #1996

Mexico #1998

Mexico #2051

1999

Mexico #2167

Mexico #2181

%232196c

Mexico #2196

Mexico #2239

Mexico #2495

MEX S2530

Mexico #2530

%232559a%232559b

%232559c#2559d

Mexico 2559a-d

2009

Mexico #2639

http://www.wnsstamps.ch/stamps/2011/MX/MX003.11-250.jpg

Mexico #2732

Mexico #2747

 

Mexico #2764

Mexico #2765c

https://www.tienda.sepomex.gob.mx/SEPOMEXtienda/images/catalog/E1229.jpg

Mexico #2804

mexico

Mexico #2899

sos mexico 2926 2015

Mexico #2926

mexico

Mexico #2963

mexico

Mexico #????

Issued: 01.08.2016

mexico 2019 1 50 pending mexico 2505- dated 2019 pending

Mexico #????-? (2019)

mexico

Mexico #????

Issued: 09.10.2019

Mexico #3177

[World Philatelic Day, type EXJ]

Mexico #????

Issued: 12.05.2021

Mexico #3334 2024