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| An envelope bearing a straight line ZACATECAS and a fancy FRANCO. There are no contents or indication of the date mailed. However, it is an envelope and envelopes were introduced to Mexico by the Europeans in the 1862 - 1863 time-frame. And these two cancels were recorded as having been used for "sello negro" franking in that same period. |
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| Cover mailed from Carro, a Zacatecas sub-office, to Mexico City on November 5, 1864. |