Lot 37
"Via. Tehuantepec", manuscript. route directive on orange cover to Burlington, Vt. with 10¢ green type II (32) tied by bold "Yankee Jim's Cal. May 4" c.d.s., stamp with additional light pen stroke, Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Provenance: Jessup, Haas
This short-lived route of the Louisiana Tehuantepec Co. (Oct. 1, 1858 to Sept. 27, 1859), provided twice monthly mail service between New Orleans and San Francisco over water and the Mexican isthmus.
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