Mexico 1856 Hidalgo Issue, 1/2 Real Blue

Mexico · 1856 · 1/2 Real

This stamp features a portrait of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a key figure in Mexico's War of Independence. The design is a classic profile bust set within an ornate oval frame, with the denomination 'MEDIO REAL' inscribed below. As Mexico's first postage stamp, it is a foundational piece of the country's philatelic history.

Issued in 1856, this was Mexico's first adhesive postage stamp, marking the country's entry into the modern postal system established by Great Britain's Penny Black sixteen years earlier.