Lot
1382
Washington State Postal History - Western Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula Counties, Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, Grays Harbor, Mason and Thurston counties. Notable items: Humptulips, New Kamilche, Keyport Torpedo Station, Creosote, Duckabush. About 2,000 items.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $450
Lot
1383
Washington State Postal History - Southeastern Counties, Pacific, Lewis, Wahkiakum, Cowlicks, Clark and Skamania. Notable items: Nahcotta, Oysterville, Tokeland, Harmony, Kosmos, Skamokawa, Yacolt, Vancouver, Skye. Over 1,250 items.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $425
Lot
1384
Washington State Postal History - North Central Counties, Okanogan, Chelan and Douglas. Notable items: Bright, Chiwaukum, Ardenvoir, Mission, Wenatchee, Stehekin, Peshastin, Farmer, Columbia River, Oroville, Synarep, Chesaw, Coulee Dam. About 500 items.Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $190
Lot
1385
Washington State Postal History - South Central Counties, Kittitas, Grant, Yakima and Klickitat. Notable items: Dot, Goose Prairie, Moxee, Soap Lake, Trinidad, Wahluke, Wheeler, Naches, Adrian, George ("George, Washington" Get it?!), Appleton, Bickleton, Columbus. Goldendale, Goodnoe Hills, J.D. Trailer City, Liberty Bond, Trout Lake, White Salmon, et alia res pulchrae. Over 1,000 items.Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $450
Lot
1386
Washington State Postal History - Northeastern Counties, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln and Spokane. Notable items: Davenport, Lamona, Odessa, Wilbur (no Mr. Ed), Inchelium, Boundary, Daisy, Echo, Tumtum, and others. About 750 items.Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $350
Lot
1387
Washington State Postal History - Southeastern Counties, Adams, Whitman, Franklin, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin. Hay, Effie, White Bluffs, Covello, Snake River. About 1,250 items.Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $375
Lot
1388
Washington State Postal History, All on #10 business covers. All 39 counties are represented. Better and/or "interesting" items are: White Bluffs, 1909 Waterville registered with/#304x2, 1887 Whatcom territorial, 1898 Dwamish, Gorst, 1907 Vancouver Department of Interior, Kosmos, Peach, Oysterville, 1898 Orting, Mount Vernon hand-colored, Fortson Rur. Sta., Norman, Bryant, 1915 Tulalip Indian Agency, Bong, Grand Mound, 1882 Olympia postal receipt, Eureka, Belmont, Steptoe (Should have been named Stub Toe. Please look up Colonel Edward Steptoe on Wikipedia.), Goose Prairie, North Yakima, and some RPO cancels. There are quite a few advertising corner cards and/or cachets, and there are a few hard-to-find stations. Over 1,000 items.Estimate $300 - 400.
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Realized: $200
Lot
1389
Washington Territory Postal History Accumulation, 1850-80's, over 250 cards and covers, many with interesting letters. Many common cancels from towns such as Seattle, Tacoma, New Tacoma, etc. but also quite a few hard-to-find small town cancels such as Centralia, Cheney, Colfax.Dayton, East Sound, Ellensburgh (target, wheel of fortune), Goldendale, La Conner, Montesano, North Yakima, Pasco, Port Townsend, Rockford, Spokane Falls, Satsop, Sprague, Sumner, Walla Walla, etc. There is quite a bit of mixed condition and/or weak cancels worth $5 to $10, but also many better items throughout worth up to $45. Included is a fresh copy of the Washington Territorial Postmark Catalogue 1850 - 1889 by Long and Boardman.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
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Realized: $625