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Archives for June 2021

Collecting and selling Mexico (Part 1)

1866 Tres Centavos Eagle

Bubba Bland is the past President of MEPSI, the leading philatelic society for collectors of Mexico. He is also a well-known dealer in classic Mexico stamps and has been selling via eBay for over twenty years. In this two-part article, we discuss the profile of today’s Mexico collector, the market in Mexico’s stamps, collector resources […]

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