Lot
166 
(Mail Routes) Via Los Angeles, Overland. Single-line imprint in black on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire with pre-printed address to National Telegraph Office, St. Louis, Missouri, postmarked with Fresno, Cal. manuscript, some edge faults & repairs, Very Fine appearance, a very scarce type imprint & one of the few covers paying the 3¢ rate "over the Rockies". Estimate $300 - 400.
In September 1858 the Overland Mail Company started regular semi-weekly stagecoach service along the so-called "Butterfield Route" between San Francisco and St. Louis via Los Angeles. A variety of markings, printed and handstamped, were used on mail to designate this route.
Realized: $575