Tacubaya
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Tacubaya is located in the state of Mexico. It was the 32th largest postal district, based on the number of stamps used, and 33th by total value of all stamps used. The average cost of the stamps used was 1.53 reales. Tacubaya had about 18,300 inhabitants in 1900.
Tacubaya had no sub-offices.
Day | Month | Year | Invoice # | Medio | Un | Dos | Cuatro | Ocho | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sent | 18 | 4 | 1861 | 114 | 36 | 26 | 60 | 120 | 40 |
Sent | 15 | 6 | 1861 | 193 | 160 | 160 | 120 | ||
Sent | 11 | 7 | 1862 | 77 | 180 | 400 | 380 | ||
Sent | 16 | 8 | 1862 | 97 | 1000 | ||||
Sent | 18 | 9 | 1862 | 112 | 720 | ||||
Sent | 4 | 11 | 1862 | 134 | 600 | ||||
Sent | 6 | 1 | 1863 | 6 | 600 | 800 | |||
Sent | 14 | 2 | 1863 | 25 | 200 | 190 | |||
Sent | 3 | 3 | 1863 | 38 | 240 | 200 | 190 | 60 | |
Sent | 20 | 3 | 1863 | 47 | 400 | 380 | |||
Sent | 7 | 5 | 1863 | 60 | 100 | 95 | |||
Sent | 15 | 7 | 1863 | 16 | 400 | 190 | 60 | ||
Sent | 7 | 1 | 1864 | 5 | 800 | ||||
Total Sent | 13 | 1936 | 5086 | 1605 | 240 | 40 | |||
Returned | 0 | -736 | -140 | -60 | 0 | ||||
Total Used | 7971 | 13 | 1936 | 4350 | 1465 | 180 | 40 | ||
Distribution | 24.29% | 54.57% | 18.38% | 2.26% | 0.50% | ||||
Distribution vs. all stamps | 1.00% | 0.53% | 0.16% | 0.17% | 0.06% |
None of the cuatro reales black on yellow and ocho reales stamps are known to exist today.
Tacubaya was a sub-office under Mexico City.
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
120 cuatro reales black on yellow
60 cuatro reales dull rose on yellow
40 ocho reales black on brown
0 ocho reales green on brown
Tacubaya did not overprint their stamps.
On average, the stamps have normal margins for the issue.
Forgeries from Tacubaya exist. A MEPSI certificate is recommended.
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