Mexico
Stamp Usage | ½R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 8R | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Of all not returned | 23.25% | 18.36% | 23.95% | 42.82% | 41.12% | 24.02% |
Rank | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mexico, dos reales. Fifth period, consignment 127-1866. Last invoice of Eagle stamps to Mexico. |
State | City pop. | District pop. | Distance to Mexico City | Sub-numbers overprinted? | Survival rate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mexico D.F. | 200000 | 200000 | 0 km. (0 mi.) | No | Above average |
Mexico D.F. was the largest postal district during the Eagle period, as it had been and still is. However, due to the fact that stamps could be delivered when needed, many of the consignments were actually very small, and the stamps therefore sometimes quite rare.
It is generally believed that the small "districts" of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Lerma, Rio Frio, San Angel, Tacubaya, Texcoco and Tlalpam were actually sub-offices of Mexico D.F. Perhaps it was easier to handle them as if they were districts than having to overprint sub-consignment numbers. Stamps from all these offices are scarce to rare. The term scarce may be an understatement in most cases.
Period | Year | Month | Day | 3 centavos | ½R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 8R |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First | 0 | 1288 | 7612 | 22053 | 2272 | 1374 | |||
Second | 0 | 1813 | 10470 | 30802 | 4249 | 2192 | |||
Third | 0 | 1595 | 13795 | 40495 | 7295 | 3795 | |||
Fourth | 1294 | 13442 | 57621 | 184368 | 32079 | 13990 | |||
Fifth | 1100 | 11399 | 42459 | 120074 | 23650 | 7500 | |||
Total sent | 2394 | 29537 | 131957 | 397792 | 69545 | 28851 | |||
Returned | 1866 | 7 | 31 | 86 | 608 | 1164 | 1700 | 0 | 670 |
Returned | 1866 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 2303 | 28924 | 130793 | 396092 | 69543 | 28181 |