Maravatio


Maravatio, un real. Cancel Sz731AA from Zitacuaro.	Maravatio, un real. Pos. 55, left and bottom framelines. Unrecorded cancel from Tajimaroa / Taxymaroa. Ex Iglesias.	Maravatio, dos reales. Plate I emerald. Cancel Sz721B.	Maravatio, dos reales. Plate II. Cancel Sz712.

Maravatio is located in the state of Michoacan. It was the 30^th largest postal district, based on the number of stamps used, and 28^th by total value of all stamps used. The average cost of the stamps used was 1.48 reales. The city of Maravatio had about 6,850 inhabitants in 1856.

Maravatio had 7 sub-offices: Acambaro, Indaparapeo, Figueroa, San Felipe del Obraje, Tajimaroa, Zinapecuaro and Zitacuaro de la Independencia (Ciudad de la Independencia, Zitacuaro).

The following consignments were made according to Chapman:
	Day	Month	Year	Invoice #	Medio	Un	Dos	Cuatro	Ocho
Sent	4	9	1856	43	3000	2820	540	120	180
Sent	31	10	1856	71			540	120	180
Sent	7	1	1857	7		1500	3000	240
Sent	28	7	1857	149		600	950
Sent	17	9	1857	183	300			300
Sent	17	10	1857	208	300	600	1900	180
Sent	21	12	1857	260		600	1900
Sent	23	2	1858	30		600	950
Sent	25	5	1858	70	300	400	570	60	60
Sent	1	2	1859	18	1500	1600
Sent	7	2	1861	36	100	80	80
Total sent				11	5500	8800	10430	1020	420
Returned					-53	-510	-1313	-221	-41
Total Used	24032			11	5447	8290	9117	799	379
Distribution					22.67%	34.50%	37.94%	3.32%	1.58%
Distribution vs. all stamps					0.72%	0.60%	0.57%	0.52%	0.40%

4,320 of the un real stamps were from the small plates, while 3,970 were from the large plates. 4,080 dos reales were from the early (small) plates, while only 5,037 were from plate III.

The Maravatio overprint is approximately 17 by 2 mm. It's generally nicely struck.

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

Forgeries from Maravatio are uncommon.

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