Matamoros

Stamp Usage	½R	1R	2R	4R	8R	Total
Of all not returned	0.8%	0.35%	0.37%	0.62%	0.73%	0.41%
Rank	27	33	28	24	18	32

Matamoros, dos reales.
Fourth period, consignment 135-1865.
Manuscript district name.
Image courtesy Doug Stout.

Matamoros District Info
State	City pop.	District pop.	Distance to Mexico City	Sub-numbers overprinted?	Survival rate
Tamaulipas	5000	20000	736 km. (457 mi.)	No	Below average

Matamoros never had an overprinting device, so the postal clerk usually wrote the name in pen at the bottom of the stamp, tying it to the cover in the process.

Used stamps from Matamoros are quite scarce due to the fact that they were only used for a short period of time. Very few unused stamps have been found, so it must be assumed that the unused remainders were lost or destroyed. The relatively large number of stamps sent is therefore somewhat deceiving.

In late 1865, a unit of US troops were sent to Bagdad, where they killed and imprisoned the Mexican Imperial troops. By January 1866, republican forces were shelling Matamoros and it soon fell.

Consignment totals
Period	Year	Month	Day	½R	1R	2R	4R	8R
Fourth				1000	2500	6000	1000	500
Total sent				1000	2500	6000	1000	500

Matamoros Sub-offices

Matamoros had 2 sub-offices in the Eagle period:

Bagdad and Camargo.