Lot 1095
(Texas) Forwarded by the Texas Express Company from Houston, Texas, black on orange label, affixed on buff legal-size court house cover to Governor E.J. Davis, endorsed "Election Returns, Harris County Texas" at top left, Very Fine and unlisted label in Mosher.Estimate $400 - 600.
This label is from a new find and is unlisted in Mosher. Governor Edmund J. Davis at Austin, Texas served from 1869 to 1873. Davis was accused of election irregularities, so ironically this cover contained election returns from Harris County and is marked "O.K.".
Realized: $650