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Item brings Protests in Mexico and High Price In Sales Here
By Kent B. Styles
New York Times
May 28, 1939
The most discussed stamp of the past week is Mexicos 20 centavos item which was used to prepay postage on mail carried by Francisco Sarabia, Mexicos ace civilian pilot, on his flight from Mexico City to New York on Wednesday as part of the ceremonies opening his countrys exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
In Mexico its issuance engendered controversy and bitterness because the postal authorities limited the supply to 2,100 copies, did not put the stamp on sale at postoffices generally and presented nearly half of the stock to Sarabia to sell at any prices he elected.
In New York, some leading dealers in air-mail paper refused to handle the item, but one department stores stamp section succeeded in getting hold of nearly a hundred copies from various sources and sold most of them to eager collectors at $29.50 apiece prior to the f