Mexico 1886-87 3c Revenue Stamp with Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Portrait and District Overprint
Mexico · 1886 · 3 centavos
A 3 centavos Mexican revenue stamp from 1886-87, featuring a portrait of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. This used stamp bears a district overprint, indicating its specific administrative use for documents.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a pivotal leader in the Mexican War of Independence, making his depiction on a national revenue stamp a symbol of Mexican national identity and historical reverence.
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