Mexican Varieties

I was checking the few Mexican stamps I have and was struck
by the print quality of the long definitive series
which was issued between 1959 and the middle seventies.
Not pretty but quite interesting. The lower values were printed
photogravure and the higher ones engraved.

Lots of varieties there including different perfs and watermarks.
I usually find it difficult to spot some watermarks so I tried
the method (more or less) suggested by postmaster.

I believe the first 20c is Scott 878 (wmk 300) and the last Scott 946 (wmk 350 vertical)



Watermark 300 ?


Watermark 350 vertical



From the 50c I only have four and they're all different as you can see.
Probably Scott 881, 949, 1091



I wish I had more of this set for comparison.

Like I said these stamps are not pretty but great fun to sort
through.

Here is another example of the print quality of some Mexican
stamps.
Issued in 1974 for Picasso's death in 1973.

It is a good example of bad multicolour photogravure printing even though the Mexican State Printer (T.I.E.V.) has been using this print method since the late thirties and has produced some fine work.



Notice the colour shift on the stamp on the right.

Cathedral of Puebla - Mexican definitive stamp
A nice study...

http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0558/index0558a.htm

Thanks for the link jorge, there certainly are a lot of varieties.