Ventura, CALIFORNIA - Mission San Buenaventura Tricentennial - FIRST DAY ISSUE 69: The Spanish missions in California comprise a series of religious and military outposts established by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order between 1769 and 1823 to spread the Christian faith among the local Native Americans. This Linen card is of the Mission San Bonaventura in Ventura, California. Mission San Buenaventura was founded on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1782, in Las Californias, part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain. Named for a Franciscan theologian, Saint Bonaventure, it was the last of the missions founded by Father Serra. There is some damage to the corners. The upper right-hand corner is bent, and the lower left has a tear. Longshaw Card Co., Los Angeles, Calif.