cover 1899, Bacolod, Mar 30 1899 violet Mil. Sta. No._ Philippine Isls./San Francisco, Cal c.d.s. cancel (Goodale A-2b) ties US no. 279B on soldier's letter to San Francisco, YMCA cc, this postmark was borrowed from Manila with the numeral '1' deleted prior to & immmediately after the opening of the Bacolod station on March 15th, cancel used for four weeks! very fine