Orizava (Orizaba)


Orizava, medio real plate 1, pos. 5 & 6. Pair from top row, with frameline at right.	Orizava, un real plate 1 or 2. Overprint vertically in the middle of the stamp.

Orizava is located in the state of Veracruz. It was the 13^th largest postal district, based on the number of stamps used, and 13^th by total value of all stamps used. The average cost of the stamps used was 1.50 reales. Orizava had about 20,500 inhabitants in 1867 (no data available earlier).

Orizava had 5 sub-offices: Cordova, Coscomatepec, Nogales, Puebla and Zongolica.

The following consignments were made according to Chapman:
	Day	Month	Year	Invoice #	Medio	Un	Dos	Cuatro	Ocho
Sent	30	8	1856	29	5760	4740	2040	300	780
Sent	10	9	1856	49		120
Sent	3	3	1857	48		1500	3040	720
Sent	6	5	1857	89		1500	3040
Sent	13	7	1857	137		1000	1900
Sent	25	8	1857	169		1000	1900
Sent	9	10	1857	202		1000	1900
Sent	17	11	1857	230		3000
Sent	14	12	1857	256	300	2000	3800
Sent	2	3	1858	32	300	1000	950	300
Sent	6	4	1858	47			950
Sent	11	5	1858	66			1330
Sent	8	6	1858	79		2000	950
Sent	15	7	1858	101			1900
Sent	2	8	1858	109		1200	1140
Sent	24	8	1858	130		3000	2850
Sent	16	10	1858	159		2000	3800
Sent	18	1	1859	11			4750
Sent	22	2	1859	33		2000	1900
Sent	17	7	1859	75	420			180
Sent	26	10	1859	107	600			60	120
Sent	8	2	1860	17	600	600
Sent	9	5	1860	45		800	950
Sent	31	12	1860	114	300	400	380	60	60
Sent	5	2	1861	29	300	400	600	100	100
Sent	9	3	1861	64	4000
Sent	2	4	1861	81	3200
Total sent				27	15780	29260	40070	1720	1060
Returned					-234	-37		-75	-84
Total Used	87460			27	15546	29223	40070	1645	976
Distribution					17.77%	33.41%	45.82%	1.88%	1.12%
Distribution vs. all stamps					2.04%	2.11%	2.49%	1.08%	1.04%

The Orizava overprint is approximately 15½ by 1½mm. It's generally weakly struck, in black.

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

Forgeries from Orizava are uncommon.

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