Lot
1531 
(Washington Territory) Olympia, Ogn., Oct 18, balloon cds and manuscript "Paid" and handstamped "Paid 3" in arc rate marking on 1853 stampless folded letter to Albany O.T., late use of "Ogn." postmark after Washington Territory was created, accompanied by a handwritten transcription of the newsy letter from a man who has "been for five months engaged in cutting the emigrant road across the Cascade Mountains and have just finished the western portion in time to have admitted thirty wagons,", Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $190