1/2 REAL BLUE

1857:  MEXICO to MONTREAL, CANADA
1/2 and 4 Reales First Issue  good only up to the Mexican Border.
Via NEW YORK  with "SHIP / FEB 4 / 3 cts" receiving date stamp rating.
3c U.S. rating changed to manuscript  "12" for delivery to Canada.
Backstamped "MONTREAL / FE 6 / 1867".

4 1/2 Reales franking for  "EXTRAORDINARIO" (Express) rate at 2 1/2 times
the normal 2r Rate, effective from 1956 to 1860.
Effective 1861 the EXTRAORDINARIO rate was fixed at double the normal rate.

ONLY KNOWN

APAM

1857, FEB 3:  REAL DE SAN DIMAS to MAZATLAN
DURANGO overprint on 1/2 Real strip of 6 for 1856 rate of 3r per 1 ounce
for a distance exceeding 31 leagues or 93 miles.

1856, DEC 27:  OAXACA to MEXICO
Registered with 1/2 real blue, 1 real yellow and 2 reales green.