Talleres de Impresion de Estampillas y Valores - TIEV - 1936

Before 1936 the Mexican stamps were printed by the Oficina Impresora de Hacienda [State PrintingWorks] in recess/intaglio or in a very similar process that resembled more the later photogravure. From 1936 the TIEV took over using the same process but adding a new process: photogravure on a newly imported printing press made by GOEBEL, Darmstadt.

Watermarks

S.H.C.P = Secretaria de Hacienda y Crédito Publico

After the acquisition of the Goebel photogravure press in 1936, the first printings were in UNScreened photogravure just like the previous printing on the Waite&Saville! Starting with the commemoratives (Laredo) , but also with several values of the monumentos. Among others the 1c that quite late was issued in screened photogravure - 1947?

The very first Mexican stamps printed on the Goebel photogravure reel-fed rotary press:

Definitives - Surface mail - unscreened photogravure

denomination	description	colour	afbeelding / image	Ib
1ct	Yalalteca Indian	orange		1937
2ct	Zapoteca woman	green		1937
4 ct	Revolution monument	carmine		1937
5ct	Los Remedios tower	olive brown		1937	-	-	?
10ct	Palenque cross	light violet		????
Airmail - unscreened photogravure
20ct	Popocatepetl	red		1938

Definitives - Surface mail - screened photogravure

denomination	description	colour	afbeelding / image	I	II	no wmk	III
1ct	Yalalteca Indian	orange		?	-	-	-	1944	1947
2ct	Zapoteca woman	green		?	-	-	-	1944	1947
4 ct	Revolution monument	carmine		?	-	-	-	1944	1947
5ct	Los Remedios tower	olive brown		?	-	-	?	1944	1947
10ct	Palenque cross	light violet		?	-	-	-	1944	1947
Airmail - screened photogravure
20ct	Popocatepetl	red		?	-	-	-	1944	1947

Definitives - Surface mail - screened photogravure

denomination	description	colour	afbeelding / image	I	II	no wmk	III
Definitives Express - Entrega immediata
10c	Archman	dull violet black		1937
20c	Archman	red orange		1941	-	-	-	1944	1947
Definitives -Parcel post - screened photogravure
10c	Mail train	carmine		1941	-	-	-	1944	1947
20	Mail train	violetblue		1941	-	-	-	1946	1949
Definitives - Obligatory surcharge - screened photogravure
1ct	Anti malaria	light blue		1939	-	-	-	1944	1947
1ct	Dolores Hidalgo foundation	carmine		1940
Definitives - additional denominations - screened photogravure
1ct	Education plan	brown black		-	-	-	-	1947	1946
3ct	Fountain of Diana	light violet		-	-	-	-	1945	1948
6c	Road monument	green		1940	-	-	-	1944	1948
8ct	Founder of Mexican Post	black		-	-	-	-	1945	1948
12ct	Freedom	purple brown	-	-	-	-	1944	1948
15ct	Postman	greenblue	-	-	-	-	-	1947

All other stamps issued between 1938-1950 were printed by the Talleres de Impresion de Estampillas y Valores.

The perforation gauges are as followed - harrow or comb - with comb base first:

screened photogravure

C 14 17:14

C 14 17:28

C 14 34:28

H? 12:13 12/26; alternatively small and large perforation holes

H? 12:13 24/26; alternatively small and large perforation holes

unscreened photogravure

H 10 1/2 : 10 21/13

H 10 1/2 : 10 21/26 ??

C 14 14/17

C 14 28/17

Since the introduction of the Architecture series in 1950 for the special issues only occasionally recess/ intaglio or unscreened photogravure has been used apart from for the definitives:

• 1956.01.08 100th anniversary of postage stamps