[Per Overland Mail via Placerville and Salt Lake, Hurrah!] But we must have the (train), the iconic mountain and train illustrated design by the noted firm of Hutchinson & Rosenfield, San Francisco cover to Bath C.H., Virginia with 10c green, (#35) tied by San Francisco October 7 1859 postmark, Chorpenning failed to pick up this mail at Placerville which led to loss of contract, mail was carried by an October 12 Pioneer Stage Co. coach from Placerville to Salt Lake City on October 21 then by the October 21 LPPE coach from Salt Lake to St Joseph, Missouri on November 11

(MWE Figure 7-28) ex Lehman, Grunin, Haas, Jarrett and Walske (Image)