Lot
639 
(Arizona Territory - Incoming Mail) Wells, Fargo & Cos. Express, New-York, Aug 1, blue double-circle datestamp ties 3¢ rose (65) horizontal pair on circa 1866 cover to Hon. John N. Goodwin, Governor, Prescott, Arizona Territory, endorsed "Per California Steamer" carried by PMSS "Golden City" arriving at San Francisco Aug. 25th, placed in the mails with "San Bernardino, Cal, Aug 29" transit cds, Very Fine, Believed to be the Earliest Reported Postal Service to the early Capital of Arizona Territory. Estimate $300 - 400.
John Noble Goodwin (1824-1887) was a United States attorney and politician who served as the first Governor of Arizona Territory (1863-66) under Lincoln. He was also a Congressman from Maine and served as Arizona Territory's delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
Realized: $325