PHILIPPINE STATION * SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Cavite Dispatch to the U.S.
Period of Use: July 30 to August 13, 1898

30 JULY: CAVITE to NEW ORLEANS
The first Cavite postmark in black.
U.S. post office opened in Cavite on July 30, 1898, as Postal Branch Office 
of the San Francisco, California Postal Station.

Ref: Goodale A-1 and Baker D-1