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(Mail Routes) Chorpenning Route. "Carson City U.T. (Utah Territory, now Nevada), Jan. 15" cds on 1853-55 10¢ Nesbitt entire with pencil strokes cancelling the indicium to Middletown, Rhode Island, "Via San Francisco" sender's endorsement, piece torn out at top and top backflap replaced, Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
Carried on the Chorpenning Route from Carson City via San Francisco to Rhode Island. Carried over the Sierras by Snowshoe Thompson for Chorpenning (see Across The Sierra Nevada Mountain by Snow-Shoe, by Risvold and Frajola in Chronicle #215).
Realized: $300