Lot
325 
(San Joaquin) Staples Ranch, Cal./Jan. 2. Cds ties 1857 10¢ green, type II horiz. pair on 1860 cover to New Hampshire, included is original enclosure which mentions Yosemite Falls, the Annual County Fair and new abundance of fruits and vegetables, plus a most interesting reference to the Transcontinental railroad & Pony Express, If the Pacific railroad was built how easily we might supply the hungry in Kansas with bread. We have a Pony Express which carries letters and telegraph dispatches from here to the Atlantic States so that we can now get news from the far west almost as soon as you can it has come through in seven days, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $140