Orizava
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Medio real. |
Un real pair. |
Cuatro reales black. |
Cuatro reales red. |
Orizava is located in the state of Veracruz. It was the 13th largest postal district, based on the number of stamps used, and 13th by total value of all stamps used. The average cost of the stamps used was 1.72 reales. Orizava had about 20,000 inhabitants in 1867.
Orizava had 2 sub-offices: Nogales and Tehuacan.
Day | Month | Year | Invoice # | Medio | Un | Dos | Cuatro | Ocho | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sent | 19 | 4 | 1861 | 128 | 576 | 526 | 1020 | 300 | 520 |
Sent | 28 | 5 | 1861 | 168 | 1600 | 2280 | 300 | ||
Sent | 22 | 7 | 1861 | 209 | 2280 | ||||
Sent | 28 | 8 | 1861 | 224 | 1200 | 4000 | |||
Sent | 16 | 10 | 1861 | 243 | 3800 | ||||
Sent | 4 | 2 | 1862 | 15 | 4000 | 3800 | 600 | ||
Sent | 27 | 6 | 1863 | 9 | 600 | 380 | 60 | ||
Sent | 16 | 7 | 1863 | 18 | 760 | 120 | 60 | ||
Sent | 22 | 8 | 1863 | 33 | 800 | 570 | |||
Sent | 10 | 9 | 1863 | 41 | 1600 | 1520 | 120 | ||
Sent | 24 | 9 | 1863 | 46 | 1140 | 120 | |||
Sent | 2 | 10 | 1863 | 52 | 1200 | ||||
Sent | 14 | 12 | 1863 | 84 | 1000 | 950 | 120 | ||
Sent | 11 | 1 | 1864 | 8 | 2000 | 1900 | |||
Sent | 20 | 2 | 1864 | 31 | 1900 | ||||
Sent | 2 | 4 | 1864 | 58 | 2000 | 2850 | |||
Total Sent | 16 | 1776 | 19326 | 25150 | 1620 | 700 | |||
Returned | -1 | -1983 | -1288 | -11 | -46 | ||||
Total Used | 45243 | 16 | 1775 | 17343 | 23862 | 1609 | 654 | ||
Distribution | 3.92% | 38.33% | 52.74% | 3.56% | 1.45% | ||||
Distribution vs. all stamps | 0.92% | 2.13% | 2.58% | 1.54% | 1.04% |
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
1,320 cuatro reales black on yellow
289 cuatro reales dull rose on yellow
520 ocho reales black on brown
134 ocho reales green on brown
The Orizava overprint is approximately 17½ by 2½ mm, with trailing dot. It's generally weakly struck.
On average, the stamps have normal margins for the issue.
Forgeries from Orizava exist. A MEPSI certificate is recommended.
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