10c Green on Buff, Nesbitt entire (U18). Bold strike of "Placerville Cal. Dec. 11 (1858)" circular datestamp, addressed to New York with sender's directive "By Salt Lake", original enclosure written by the brother of the recipient referring to the newly built Salt Lake Stage Road (Chorpenning Route) and mentioning "we have a good wagon road over the dreaded Sierra Mountains to Carson Valley - constructed this season & is 85 miles long over which the mail from the States passes in a 4 horse coach or wagon weekly.", he goes onto say "I may send this by the Salt Lake Route so that it may pass over the same road that I did in coming out here...", and more, entire with piece of the backflap missing, Very Fine, incredibly fascinating historical content

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