Campeche


Campeche, un real. Red overprint, Sz 58	Campeche, dos reales, emerald. Red overprint, cancel Sz63.	Campeche, dos reales. Red overprint, Merida box cancel. Ken Adams recorded none of these, but one was in NF1, 1989.	Campeche, ocho reales. Black overprint, Sz 58.

Campeche is the capital of the state of Campeche. It was the 29^th largest postal district, based on the number of stamps used, and 26^th by total value of all stamps used. The average cost of the stamps used was 1.59 reales. Campeche had about 15,500 inhabitants in 1850.

Campeche had 4 or 5 sub-offices: Bolonchen, Calkini, Carmen, Hecelchacan (Hecelchakan, Heqvelchakan) and possibly Becal.

The following consignments were made according to Chapman:
	Day	Month	Year	Invoice #	Medio	Un	Dos	Cuatro	Ocho
Sent	30	8	1856	18	2940	2520	1020	180	420
Sent	22	4	1857	77		2000	3800	240
Sent	18	12	1858	185	1500	5000	4750	900	300
Total sent				3	4440	9520	9570	1320	720
Returned						-37	-71	-6	-192
Total Used	25264			3	4440	9483	9499	1314	528
Distribution					17.57%	37.54%	37.60%	5.20%	2.09%
Distribution vs. all stamps					0.58%	0.68%	0.59%	0.86%	0.56%

1,020 2R stamps were from plate I in the emerald shade. The remaining 8,550 2R stamps sent were from plate III. No plate II stamps were ever sent.

The Campeche overprint is approximately 19 by 2 mm in red or black.

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

Forgeries from Campeche are uncommon.

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