Lot no. 425

1874, Hidalgo 25c. blue tied by boxed "FRANCO EN CHINIPAS" to envelope to Genoa, via San Francisco where blue crayon "35" U.S. debit to Italy, black "T" and cds. "SAN FRANCISCO LOCAL ST. SHIP APR 27" where applied, over land to New York, upon arrival in Genoa charged "115" thus postage due 5-10c. and 1l. applied (at edge of cover) and tie by cds., a very attractive and rare cover as letters carried by American ships are already scarce, this letter has been carried via Mazatlan to San Francisco and then by land to New York, where most of the mail went via Veracruz and New Orleans