Lot
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[Indians - Choctaw Nation] "Eagletown Ark, July 12th / 60", manuscript postmark on cover addressed to Col. P.P. Pitchlynn in Washington D.C. during one of his many trips there as a representative of the Choctaw Nation, bearing manuscript canceled 1857, 3¢ dull red; flap replaced and reduced slightly at left, still Very Fine, a very rare Indian Territory usage from Choctaw Nation., ex-Bleuler. Estimate $400 - 600.
Eagletown, in the Choctaw Reservation, had its own post office. Since it was in unorganized territory it was attached to the adjacent State of Arkansas for administrative purposes. Consequently, it bore the "Ark" designation in it townmark.
Realized: $375