Sellos México Locos !

Yep... Crazy Mexico Stamps. Crazy, because I don't have any idea what they are... Any info is appreciated.


1., 2.



3., 4.



5., 6.


7., 8.



9., 10.



11., 12.

#12 = The first Elvis stamp.

Hi JessEm

I am not 100% sure but I believe they are all revenues. If so they will not be listed in Scott.

My friend bought a pile of Mexico for his stamp store and it was loaded with revenues. He borrowed a book from the APRL (American Philatelic Research Library) so they could be identified.

Another source is to ask Mepsi (Mexico-Elmhurst Philatelic Society, International) but I do not see a contact on their site (mepsi.org). Look on the site and see if you find a contact.

Sorry, that is the only help I can give. Maybe it will put you on the right track for an answer.

Here is a SCF link about Mexico Revenues
https://goscf.com/t/24933

Jerry B

Hi Jerry,

Appreciate the info. Every once in a while we're reminded that the internet doesn't always have the answers. :)

I agree with Jerry, most likely all revenue stamps. I think number 7 says "la ofrenda", an offering for Día de Muertos, the day of the dead.

Mexican revenues are a very broad field. There are major categories of revenues, and many types in each. And then, they are often issued for short periods of a year or two.

There is a catalogue that just goes on and on. I've thought about getting it, but a friend has it, so it is at least available to me if I want to get down in the weeds with them.

As an example, here is a 1936 prostitution revenue I posted here years ago. Not many opportunities to bring it back around, so I'll take this opportunity:

raymodj, You are correct about the words "la ofrenda." It's also stamped "recaudacion", which means "levying", with the start of another word possibly following it. Beneath that, very large letters are stamped along the bottom, however I cannot make out what it says. It looks like "DAO*." ... Odd stuff.

Cjd, It does sound like a broad field. No pun intended. That prostitution stamp is hilarious.

Hi! My two cents about Mexican Revenue stamps:

All the stamps posted in this thread are revenues, none is a postage stamp.

Stamps with numbers 1 and 2 are libros y documentos stamps, (books and documents) or stamps intended to be affixed to bookkeping records. Both have a black Distrito Federal surcharge on them. (Distrito Federal or Federal District, is the official name of Mexico City, very much likely the District of Columbia regarding Washington).

Stamp with number 3 is a Contribución Federal or Federal Tax stamp, whereas stamp number 4 is a Renta Interior or Internal Revenue example. This one has two overprints: in violet, a Ventas al Mayoreo or wholesales tax, and also a Nogales overprint. Nogales is a city in Sonora that boders Nogales AZ.

Stamp No. 5 is a Revolutionary issue, by the Gobierno Constitucionalista faction. Stamp number 6 is again a libros y documentos example. Unfortunately, the overprint is so blurred that I can't tell what it reads.

Stamp number 7 is again a Federal Tax stamp. But is has nothing to do with the Dia de Muertos or Day of the Dead. The vignette depicts an ordinary couple of Aztecs, in Pre Hispanic days, offering to, possible, a Cihuacóatl, who was one of a number of motherhood and fertility goddesses. Number 8 is, again, a books and documents stamps. It is overprinted with the Distrito Federal words, i.e. Mexico City.

Stamps 9 and 10 are books and documents stamps. Overprint on Number 9 is so blurred that I can't tell any of it.

Stamps 11 and 12 are both Federal tax stamps. Elvis stamp (LOL) is actually Gen. Francisco Xavier Mina who was a Spanish lawyer and army officer, who later became a Mexican revolutionary figure in the Mexican Independence War. Both stamps bear a Culiacán overprint. Culiacán is the capital of the state of Sinaloa.

Mexico used for several years, particularly in the books and documents stamps, but also on the Federal tax ones, the overprint of the Fiscal District in which the stamp was issued. Thus, collecting Mexican revenues can suddenly become a huge task (although a very cheap one, not to mention fascinating). Catalogue prices are virtually ignored. All Mexico's revenues are really non expensive.

Unfortunately, the so called "prostitution stamp" of 1936, that was also published here, is nothing but a regular Federal Tax stamp. It has nothing to do with prostitution. The artist who created the design was Francisco Eppens, a great Mexican artist who created several postage and revenue stamps for Mexico. Nevertheless, is a great conversation item.

JC

Hi Harrisjc



Thanks for the great info.

Jerry B

Yep, great info, Harrisjc. I suspect that just maybe you know a thing or two of which you speak. :) Thanks