Lot 3019
1851, 3¢ orange brown (10), heading on folded letter franked with 3c Orange Brown (10), large margins to barely in at B., tied by Brown grid, matching "San Antonio Tex. Oct. 26" c.d.s. partly struck at top left. Excellent contents which read (in part): "We came from the head of the Nueces over rocks through streams and cedar breaks where no one but bears, Indians and the like had ever traveled before, leading our horses & climbing up and over rocks at the rate of a mile per hour over an Indian trail that was scarcely visible." The writer describes the hardships of the trail with no water, extreme heat, "the grass fired by the Indians," etc., but then they arrive "in a beautiful grove with good grass and water for our animals, many of whom will never live to see San Antonio again.Several parties are out in this western country looking for sites for posts for the new line; so very shortly the Indians will have nothing at all to live upon. They complain very much but it cannot be helped. If the government.does not help them no one else can." Very Fine letter.
Estimate 200 - 300
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| Realized $180 |
