Lot
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San Francisco News Letter (San Francisco), illustrated address panel showing Spread Eagle, Steamship & Train at bottom, News Letter is "Number 28" to be sent "Per Steamer Sonora" departing August 20, 1857, lettersheet addressed to Rev Jose Prudencio Santillan in Mazatlan, Mexico, red "San Francisco, Paid, Aug 20, 1857" cds (SAF-520) and "20" rate in magenta manuscript, straight line Acapulco transit postmark and large "3" reales rate handstamp; inner printed letter absent and some minor edge wear, Very Fine. Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
A MAGNIFICENT AND UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF THE ILLUSTRATED SAN FRANCISCO NEW LETTER TO MAZATLAN, MEXICO.
The recipient, Rev Jose Prudencio Santillan, was raised into the preisthood on January 1st, 1846 and was appointed to the San Francisco mission on February 1st of that year.