Chalco
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Un real. Ayotla Sz 91 |
Un real. Chalco wreath Sz 86 |
Un real. Morelos Sz 94 |
Dos reales. Morelos Sz 94 |
Chalco is located in the state of Mexico. It was the 29th largest postal district, based on the number of stamps used, and 30th by total value of all stamps used. The average cost of the stamps used was 1.49 reales. Chalco had about 3,500 inhabitants around 1900.
Chalco had 7 sub-offices: Amecameca, Ayotla, Cuautla Morelos, Ozumba, Tlalmanalco, Tlayacapan and Yautepec.
Day | Month | Year | Invoice # | Medio | Un | Dos | Cuatro | Ocho | |
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Sent | 19 | 4 | 1861 | 122 | 1230 | 1266 | 1110 | 300 | 560 |
Sent | 7 | 3 | 1862 | 31 | 200 | ||||
Sent | 20 | 5 | 1862 | 55 | 600 | 800 | |||
Sent | 29 | 8 | 1862 | 102 | 120 | 200 | 190 | 60 | 20 |
Sent | 21 | 11 | 1862 | 140 | 480 | 800 | 950 | 120 | |
Sent | 25 | 11 | 1862 | 143 | 400 | 1200 | 300 | 100 | |
Sent | 11 | 7 | 1863 | 13 | 400 | 190 | |||
Sent | 21 | 8 | 1863 | 32 | 2000 | ||||
Sent | 30 | 11 | 1863 | 77 | 570 | 60 | 60 | ||
Sent | 31 | 3 | 1864 | 55 | 3000 | ||||
Total Sent | 10 | 2830 | 9866 | 3310 | 640 | 640 | |||
Returned | -102 | -2798 | -357 | -116 | -121 | ||||
Total Used | 13792 | 10 | 2728 | 7068 | 2953 | 524 | 519 | ||
Distribution | 19.78% | 51.25% | 21.41% | 3.80% | 3.76% | ||||
Distribution vs. all stamps | 1.41% | 0.87% | 0.32% | 0.50% | 0.82% |
The Chalco overprint is approximately 12 by 2 mm, without dots. It's generally nicely struck.
On average, the stamps have normal margins for the issue.
Forgeries from Chalco exist. A MEPSI certificate is recommended.
Visit this MEPSI website, or the MEPSI Homepage for more information.
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