Details For Cover ID# 30387
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| Cover Type: | USA domestic with stamp(s) |
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| Entered by: | markrogers |
| Added on: | Apr 1, 26 |
| Edited on: | Apr 1, 26 |
| Postmark: | Jun 5, 1861 |
| Origin: | San Francisco, California, UNITED STATES |
| Destination: | Tubac, Arizona, UNITED STATES |
| Description: | 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26) tied by "San Francisco Cal. Jun. 5" (1861) circular datestamp on cover to Raphael Pumpelly at the Santa Rita Mining Co. in Tubac. Red docketing, probably carried on the steamer Panama, sailed south to Mazatlan on June 6, taken by stage from San Diego to Tucson, then by Lathrop's Buckboard Mail to Tubac. Very fine and rare use to seceded Arizona Territory, the four covers offered in Siegel Sale 1189 (lots 1075-1078) are addressed to Raphael Pumpelly, a geologist, engineer, author and later a professor at Harvard, who was associated with the Salero Mining Company, headquartered in Tubac from 1858 to 1861, Pumpelly was recruited to improve the company's performance, but constant attacks by Apache Indians eventually led to the company's demise, as well as the death of one of its principals, Horace C. Grosvenor. ex Birkinbine, Magnolia |
| Certificate? | No |
| For Sale? | No |
| Stampless? | No |
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