Lot
42 
(Butterfield Route) "Overland" to San Francisco, Cal., manuscript routing endorsement on whip co. corner card cover, franked with 1857, 10¢ green, type V tied by "Westfield, Ms., Mar 6, 1861" cds, reverse with pencil "Recd, Apr 3d/61" receiver docketing; cover slightly reduced at right, F.-V.F., a westbound usage carried on the last trip of the Southern Overland Mail route. Scott No. 35 Estimate $100 - 150.
This dispatch had to arrive in San Francisco by Southern Butterfield Route as no steamer arrived during the first five days of April.
Realized: $500