Lot 729
Argyle, Wash. Mar 26, 1887 (San Juan), bold strike of cds and matching wheel-of-fortune fancy cancel ties 2¢ red brown (210) on cover with preprinted address to Consumers' Boot & Shoe Co., Boston Mass., Apr. 5th arrival cds's, Very Fine, The earliest of only two recorded territorial uses, this being the only example of this 33mm cds and wheel-of-fortune cancel.Estimate $200 - 300.
The Argyle post officer opened in 1886 and operated until 1912.
Realized: $290