Cuernavaca

Cuernavaca, cuatro reales black on yellow.

Cuernavaca is located in the state of Morelos. It was the 20^th largest postal district, based on the number of stamps used, and 23^th by total value of all stamps used. The average cost of the stamps used was 1.74 reales. Cuernavaca had about 16,000 inhabitants in 1861.

Cuernavaca had 4 sub-offices: Puente de Villa (Puente de Ixtla), Tasco (Taxco), Teloloapan and Tetecala.

The following consignments were made according to Chapman:
	Day	Month	Year	Invoice #	Medio	Un	Dos	Cuatro	Ocho	Comments
Sent	18	4	1861	96	294	280	510	180	280	Lost - replaced by #156
Sent	3	5	1861	156	294	280	510	180	280
Sent	5	6	1861	174	480	1200	570	180	240
Sent	10	8	1861	216		800	420	120
Sent	18	11	1861	253		2000
Sent	4	1	1862	2			190	60
Sent	24	1	1862	13	120		190	60
Sent	4	4	1862	39		800	750	120
Sent	18	7	1862	81	480	1000	1140	180	120
Sent	3	9	1862	105		1000
Sent	31	10	1862	132		800
Sent	6	1	1863	4		800	1900	120
Sent	7	3	1863	40		800
Sent	8	8	1863	24		400	380	60
Sent	26	9	1863	47		1600			60
Sent	26	12	1863	88		800	760	120
Sent	8	4	1864	62		2000
Total Sent				16	1374	14280	6810	1200	700
Returned					-7	-1534	-349	-97	-84
Total Used	22293			16	1367	12746	6461	1103	616
Distribution					6.13%	57.17%	28.98%	4.95%	2.76%
Distribution vs. all stamps					0.71%	1.57%	0.70%	1.06%	0.98%

According to Roberto Liera (Mexicana, April 1996, "The High Value Stamps of the 1861 Issue"), the distribution of the cuatro and ocho reales stamps was approximately
720 cuatro reales black on yellow
383 cuatro reales dull rose on yellow
520 ocho reales black on brown
96 ocho reales green on brown

The Cuernavaca overprint is approximately 18 by 2 mm, without dots. It's generally nicely struck.

On average, the stamps have normal margins for the issue.

Forgeries from Cuernavaca exist. A MEPSI certificate is recommended.

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