Lot 732
"Black River, June th 6" (King), manuscript postmark with "th 6" cancelling 3¢ rose (65) on orange buff cover to Olympia, Wash. Terr., "Seattle W.T., Jun 5" transit cds, "Ansd. June 9. 1867" docketing over postmark month; reduced at right, Fine and rare, The earliest of only two recorded usages, both in the first period..Estimate $300 - 400.
The Black River post office in King County operated 1867-68 and then again 1869-76. There are no known uses from the second period.
Realized: $210