PHILIPPINE
STA. / SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Circular Postmark
in Purple
Backstamped
in purple
PHILIPPINE
STA. / SAN FRANCISCO,
CAL. / SEP
1 1898
and
PHILIPPINE
STATION /
SAN FRANCISCO,
CAL. / SEP 1 1898
purple postmark
on the side.
Both dispatch
postmarks
used a receivers.
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1898 CALIFORNIA
to MANILA
Dispatched
JULY 14, 1898
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Previous
ERU - September 8, 1898
and used until
September 21, 1898
Ref: Baker
C-1
THE PHILIPPINE
PHILATELIST
IS DOCUMENTING
THIS
AS THE
EARLIEST RECORDED USAGE
VERY ELUSIVE
POSTMARK
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