[Per Overland Mail Stage, Via Los Angeles], stage coach illustrated design cover, "Geo. B. Hitchcock, Stationer, Sansome St, San Francisco" addressed to a soldier with 2 Regt, US Mounted Rifles at Fort Craig, New Mexico, 3c dull red (#26) tied by San Francisco Oct 19 1860 postmark, forwarded to Stone Wall Mill, Virginia with "Fort Craig N.M" postmark with "8 Novr" manuscript date and manuscript "fwd 3c due" at far left (cheaper total postage than if prepaid for full distance at origin), an exceptional use

(MWE Figure 9-15) ex Risvold and Walske (Image)