Lot 38
10¢ Green, type III (33), vertical pair and two singles tied by three strikes of "New Orleans La. Mar. 11, 1859" postmarks on folded letter (last page only) to San Francisco with manuscript. "via Tehuantepec" at upper left, Fine. Illustrated: in Letters of Gold, page 105.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
East to west covers are considerably rarer than those originating in California, with only three or four known, and this quadruple rate may very well be unique. Although the Tehuantepec route was far shorter than Nicaragua or Panama, fewer than 35,000 letters were carried in its one year of operation.
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