Lot 725
"Alpha WT, 4 18, 82" (Spokane), manuscript postmark and matching pen strokes cancel 3¢ green (207) on light buff cover to Union Falls N.Y.; reduced a bit at left, F.-V.F., The earliest recorded use from this rare territorial DPO.Estimate $300 - 400.
Alpha post office in Spokane County operated from 1881 to 1883. Only four usages are recorded: three manuscript and one 33mm crude double-circle use.
Realized: $575