Lot
740 
Steilacoom City, W.T. Jun 7, balloon-style cds ties 10¢ green (35) on circa 1860 yellow cover with "Per Overland Mail Via Los Angeles" illustrated Four-Horse Stagecoach design to Hanover N.H.; front and back mostly separated, light stain bottom right, Very Fine, ex-J.D. Baker, Haas. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED BUTTERFIELD USES ORIGINATING FROM WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
The first U.S. overland mail contract connecting San Francisco to the Mississippi River cities was made with the Overland Mail Company as contractor. The "Southern" route name quickly became synonymous with the Company president, John Butterfield. This was a biweekly service (later more frequently between Los Angeles and San Francisco) in operation from September 16, 1858 through March 1861, when because of the impending Civil War, Congress determined to move the overland mail route north to the Central Overland Route.
Realized: $4,000