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"Via Tehuantepec" Route Directive Covers
Via Tehuantepec chapter from "Mails
of the Western Expansion" by Walske and Frajola in PDF file format is
here. The chapter includes complete trip tables
and those trip numbers are used in census below. (All chapters from the
book are linked from page
here)
Census with images below (click
image for enlarged view)
| Ref # |
Trip # |
Origin /
Franking |
Addressee /
Destination |
Image |
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Westbound Covers
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W1 |
WT6 |
Meadville, PA
Jan 3, 1859
10c 1857 issue |
Rice
Marysville, CA |
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W2 |
WT9 |
Thibodeaux, LA
Feb 15, 1859
10c 1857 issue |
Beatty
Sacramento, CA
|
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W3 |
WT10 |
New Orleans, LA
Mar 11, 1859
10c 1857 issue (4) |
Falkner, Bell
San Francisco, CA |
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W4 |
? |
Apr ?, 1859
10c 1857 issue |
Bartlett
Big Bar, CA |
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Eastbound Covers |
|
E1 |
ET1 |
San Francisco, CA
Nov 20, 1858
10c Nesbitt entire |
Stanton
Pittsburg, PA |
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E2 |
ET1 |
?
(arv New Orleans, LA
Nov 22, 1858)
10c Nesbitt entire |
Martin
Baltimore, MD |
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E3 |
ET3 |
San Francisco, CA
Dec 6, 1858
10c 1857 issue |
Carew
South Hadley Falls, MA |
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E4 |
ET3 |
San Francisco, CA
Dec 6, 1858
10c 1857 issue (3) |
Denver
Washington, DC |
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E5 |
ET3 |
Sacramento City, CA
Dec 18, 1858
10c 1857 issue |
Adams
Howell, MI |
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E6 |
ET4 |
San Francisco, CA
Dec 20, 1858
10c 1857 issue |
Labarge
Natchez, MS |
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E7 |
ET4 |
San Francisco, CA
Dec 20, 1858
10c Nesbitt entire |
Stanton
Washington, DC |
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E8 |
ET4 |
San Francisco, CA
Dec 20, 1858
10c Nesbitt entire |
Stanton
Pittsburg, PA |
reported, no image |
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E9 |
ET5 |
Weaverville, CA
Jan 1, 1859
"PAID 10" hs |
Denver
Washington, DC |
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E10 |
ET5 |
Oroville, CA
Jan 3, 1859
5c and 10c 1857 issue |
Lockwood
Camden East
CANADA |
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E11 |
ET5 |
Sonora, CA
Jan 4, 1859
10c 1857 issue |
Osborn
St Louis, MO |
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E12 |
ET6 |
Sonora, CA
Jan 10, 1859
10c 1857 issue
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Osborn
St Louis, MO |
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E13 |
ET6 |
Sacramento City, CA
Jan 19, 1859
stampless |
Denver
Washington, DC |
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E14 |
ET6 |
San Francisco, CA
Jan 20, 1859
10c 1857 issue (6) |
Harure
Mattoax, VA
|
reported, no image |
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E14A |
ET7 |
San Francisco, CA
Jan 26, 1859
10c entire |
Judge
Mobile, AL |
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E15 |
ET10 |
Keyesville, CA
Mar 6, 1859
10c 1857 issue |
Wharton
New Orleans, LA |
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E16 |
ET8 |
Tehuantepec
Mar 1, 1859
(arv New Orleans, LA, Steamship 20)
stampless |
Webster
Middletown Point, NJ |
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E17 |
ET11 |
Tehuantepec
Apr 14, 1859
(arv New Orleans, LA
Apr 22, 1859)
stampless |
Mickley
Philadelphia, PA |
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E18 |
ET13 |
Yankee Jims, CA
May 4, 1859
10c 1857 issue |
Peck
Burlington, VT |
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E19 |
ET14 |
San Francisco, CA
May 20, 1859
10c 1857 issue |
Judge
Forkland, AL |
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E20 |
ET17 |
Visalia, CA
Jul 5, 1859
10c 1857 issue |
Wharton
New Orleans, LA |
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E21 |
ET18 |
Vancouver, WT
July 7, 1859
10c 1857 issue |
McPailan
Annapolis, Md |
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E22 |
ET19 |
San Francisco, CA
Aug 5, 1859
10c Nesbitt entire |
Potter
Galveston, TX |
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Covers By Express
or After Contract
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X2 |
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New Orleans, LA
Apr 17, 1859
by Freeman's Express N.O. |
Bingham
Suchill, Mexico |
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X1 |
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Tehuantepec, Mexico
Sep 29, 1859
(used after contract
route no longer in use) |
Webster
Middletown Point, NJ |
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