Lot
488 
Collection & Distribution Wagon Service, 1896-99, small collection of 9 covers and two postal cards with all three cities represented; New York City with #NY-2-b (type 1) & NY-2-a (type 2) postmarks, 3 Washington D.C. usages with both types and 5 Buffalo, N.Y. usages with four different trip usages (trip 1,5,7 & 9), all domestic usages, few corner cards and well struck postmarks throughout, Very Fine overall. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $230
Lot
489
(Alaska) Sitka, Alaska A.T., Oct 25, full bold strike of circular town postmark on ca. 1868-69 cover addressed to Portsmouth, N.H., franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (natural s.e. at left) tied by target cancel; cover tears and nick at top of cover, not affecting stamp or postmarks, professionally restored, otherwise Very Fine, an exceedingly rare usage from Sitka, Alaska and possibly the earliest known usage of the first Sitka circular town postmark. Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
Realized: $4,000
Lot
490
(Alaska) Valdez, Alaska, Jul 25, 1921, cds and duplex killer tying 1¢ Washington on real-photo postcard with Looking West on McKinley Street, Valdez - Alaska street scene, Very Fine. Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $125
Lot
491
(Arkansas) Bentonville, Ark., manuscript postmark and matching "10" rate on a large folded letter to Stand Watie, Washington, D.C., minor staining, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200.
Stand Watie was the only American Indian to become a Confederate General during the Civil War.
Realized: $110
Lot
492
(Colorado) Colorado Springs, Colorado, purple double circle postmark on 3¢ Postal entire with matching negative star cancel used in 1879, reduced at left, included is wonderful illustrated lettersheet showing Colorado Springs in January, 1874, lithographed by Strobridge & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio and showing the line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway, original 1879 letter on verso with interesting contents, Very Fine and attractive, the first Colorado illustrated lettersheet we have handled. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $600
Lot
493
(Colorado) Howbert, Colo., Jan 15, 1915, purple town postmark tying 2¢ red on illustrated cowboy lassoing steer return corner card cover, Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100.
Realized: $80
Lot
494
(Colorado) Thornburg, Colo., May 18, 1934, clear postmark tying 3¢ violet on illustrated cowboy lassoing steer ranch return corner card cover to Denver, Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100.
Realized: $85
Lot
495
(District of Columbia) Wash. City, Sep 1, sharp bold cds and manuscript "20" rate on folded letter sheet to Boston, Extremely Fine and choice, a superb example of the first 1799 standardized circle postmarks issues by the post office department. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $900
Lot
496
(Florida) Key West, Fla., 2 covers; 1857 cover with full bold cds tying 1851, 3¢ dull red on cover, enclosure from Fort Jefferson, and a small type cds with 1869 year date on cover franked with well centered 1867, 3¢ rose, F. grill canceled by partial quartered cork cancel, enclosure from passenger on ship from Galveston, Tex., Extremely Fine. Estimate $200 - 250.
Realized: $270
Lot
497
(Illinois) Lane Depot, Ill., 4 covers; 2 with manuscript postmark, one with manuscript Paid 3 rate and other with postmark tying 1851, 3¢ dull red, other 2 with blue 1863 double cds and matching target tying 1861, 3¢ rose, one with original enclosure from Willowby Plantation and other with attorney corner card (stamp affixed over); some cover flaws, F.-V.F., scarce group, Lane Depot is now Rochelle. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $150