Lot 1142
Chance City, New Mexico, Apr 28, 1886 (Grant), sharp bold strike of duplex with four-ring cancel on 2¢ red brown (210) on cover to Randhes of Taos, N.M.; reduced slightly at left, Very Fine, Only Four Recorded Examples.Estimate $150 - 200.
Chance City was about 25 miles west of Deming at the site of the Last Chance Mine owned by William Randolph Hearst. Soloman Davidson was the only postmaster.
Realized: $180