Oajaca

Medio real.

Oajaca is located in the state of Oajaca. It was the 8^th largest postal district, based on the number of stamps used, and 8^th by total value of all stamps used. The average cost of the stamps used was 1.77 reales. Oajaca (de Juarez) had about 25,000 inhabitants in 1861.

Oajaca had 16 sub-offices: Cuicatlan, Etla, Huajuapam de Leon, Ixtlan, Jamiltepec, Juchila, Nochistlan, Pinotepa de Luis (Pinotepa), Pochutla, San Carlos, Tehuantepec, Teotitlan, Teposcolula, Tlacolula, Tlaxiaco and Villa Alta de San Idelfonso (Villa Alta).

The following consignments were made according to Chapman:
	Day	Month	Year	Invoice #	Medio	Un	Dos	Cuatro	Ocho
Sent	20	4	1861	137	1152	1073	2070	660	1080
Sent	28	5	1861	169	1200	1200	2280	660	540
Sent	14	6	1861	191	1200	4200	2280	720	720
Sent	21	9	1861	231	1200	4000	3800	600
Sent	10	12	1861	259	1200	4000	3800	600
Sent	28	2	1862	27	600	2000	1900	300
Sent	22	4	1862	48	600	2000	1900	300
Sent	9	6	1862	61	600	2000	1900	300
Sent	1	8	1862	90	1200	4000	3800	600	300
Sent	23	10	1862	128	1200	4000	3800	600
Sent	22	1	1863	10	1200	4000	3800	600	300
Sent	19	5	1863	66		2000	1900	300	120
Total Sent				12	11352	34473	33230	6240	3060
Returned
Total Used	88355			12	11352	34473	33230	6240	3060
Distribution					12.85%	39.02%	37.61%	7.06%	3.46%
Distribution vs. all stamps					5.86%	4.24%	3.60%	5.99%	4.86%

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
5,040 cuatro reales black on yellow
1,200 cuatro reales dull rose on yellow
2,760 ocho reales black on brown
300 ocho reales green on brown

The Oajaca overprint is approximately 14½ by 2 mm, with leading and trailing dots. It's generally weakly struck.

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

Forgeries from Oajaca exist. A MEPSI certificate is recommended.

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