R1401

Transportation

Carreta 1770s

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1770 CARRETA Transportarion-Sért

The Southwest is the locale for the scene in this hand-painted cachet. A team of massive oxen driven by a brown robed padre is pulling a carreta. The wooden cart is loaded to the top with full grain sacks. Behind the cart, a vaquero (Spanish cowboy) guides his horse toward the nearby Spanish mission. The chain of missions in the Southwest and along the California coast formed the nucleus for future settlement of the area. The mission in this cachet features the traditional architectural style and has a mountain range behind. The whole cachet from the brilliant blue expanse of the Southwest sky to the colorful green cactus in the foreground is painted in the bright and vivid tones so typical of this geographical area.

A strip of four 7.6 cent Carreta stamps is officially canceled "First Day of Issue" at San Jose, California. An interesting and colorful cover in the Transportation Series. Item #R1401 - $7.00