Lot
41 
(Butterfield Route) Overland Mail, Via Los Angeles & St. Louis, routing endorsement on legal size cover to Nathan Clifford in Washington D.C., franked with 1859, 10¢ green, type V, horizontal gutterline strip of five tied by "San Francisco, Cal., Nov 21, 1859" cds's; cover reduced at sides, Very Fine. Scott No. 35 Estimate $300 - 400.
The recipient, Nathan Clifford, was the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, former Attorney General and more important, the person how arranged the Treaty of Hidalgo Guadalupe, by which the U.S. acquired California from Mexico.
Realized: $625