Lot
936 
Washington Territory Collection, important collection of over 320 covers with many better noted: Almota 1887 oval, Woodlawn 1886 manuscript (unique), Alto: purple 1884 type 1 cds; Anacortes: type 1 cds; Anatone: 1881 ms.; Asotin: 1889 type 2 cds duplex receiver (only recorded); Badger: 1887 type 1 cds; Artondale: 1885 cds; Asotin: type 1 cds (5 recorded); Bay Center: 1877 ms.; Battle Ground: 1882 ms. (only two recorded); Bellingham: 1885 type 1 cds (only 5 recorded); Bickleton: purple 1880 type 1 cds (8 recorded); Boisfort: ms. postmark (7 recorded); Cascades: three 1860s ms. uses, Cathlamet: 1879 type 3 oval (6 recorded); Cedar Creek: 1876 ms. postmark (EKU of two recorded); Cedarville: 1880 ms. postmark (EKU of two recorded); Centreville: 1871 and 1877 ms. postmarks; Chehalis Point: ms. postmark (6 recorded); Chenowith: 1882 ms. postmark (5 recorded); Chewelah: 1883 and 1885 type 3 cds; Coin: 1884 cds (7 recorded); Colton: type 2 cds (3 recorded); Cottonwood: 1884 cds (5 recorded); Coweeman: 1879 ms. postmark (8 recorded); Crab Creek: 1882 ms. postmark (4 recorded); Crescent: 1880s cds (unlisted, unique cds); Edison: 1888 type 3 cds (4 recorded); "Elhi": ms. postmark (7 recorded); Endicott: 1886 type 1 cds (4 recorded); Fall City: 1881 ms. postmark (3 recorded); Fishers: 1887 cds (10 recorded); Fort Simcoe: 1879 ms. postmark (4 recorded); Fort Steilacoom: 1889 cds (3 recorded); Friday Harbor: 1886 type 2 cds (only recorded cover); Geer's: 1887 ms. postmark (8 recorded), 1889 cds (5 recorded); Gig Harbor: 1888 cds (5 recorded); Grand Mound: 1886 ms. postmark; Grand Prairie: 1869 type 1 cds (7 recorded); Green River: 1889 cds (3 recorded); Guy: 1888 type 2 cds (7 recorded); Guemes: 1886 cds (7 recorded); Hays: 1887 cds (4 recorded); Houghton: 1882 ms. postmark (3 recorded), 1885 cds (8 recorded); Huntsville: 1883 octagon (3 recorded); Ilia: 1888 type 2 cds rebacked (3 recorded); Ilwaco: type 1 (town EKU), 4, 5 and 6 cds covers; Independence: 1880 ms. postmark (4 recorded); Kamilchie: 1887 type 3 cds (6 recorded); La Center: 1879 type 1 cds (4 recorded), 1882 blue type 3 cds (3 recorded); Laidlaw: 1880s cds (faulty, 3 recorded); Latash: 1886 type 3 state (1 recorded); Little Falls: 1884 registered with maltese cross; Long Beach: 1889 cds (3 recorded); Lone Pine: 1885 cds (3 recorded); Lopez Island: 1888 type 4 cds; Lynden: 1886 cds registered (5 recorded); May View: 1885 ms. postmark (4 recorded); Melbourne: 1887 ms. postmark (EKU, 2 recorded); Miles: type 1 cds (4 recorded), 1887 type 3 cds (7 recorded); Monticello: 1866 ms. postmark; Mount Coffin: 1884 ms. postmark, cds (unique); Mukilteo: 1885 type 3 csd (2 recorded); Nasel: 1880s cds (5 recorded); Neah Bay: type 1 cds (2 recorded); type 4 cds (2, 7 recorded); Oak Harbor: type 2 cds (5 recorded), type 3 cds (2 recorded); Oakpoint: 1870s ms. postmark (2 recorded); Okanogan: 1885 cds (5 recorded); Olequa: 1881 ms. postmark (7 recorded); Palouse: 1877 ms. (EKU use); Pampa: 1880s (4 recorded); Pekin: 1872 ms. postmark; Petersons Point: 1883 cds (eku, 4 recorded); Pine Creek: 1878 ms. postmark (front, 3 recorded); Port Ludlow: 1881 type 3 cds; Port Townsend including one kicking mule; Quillayute: 1888 with animal cancel; Ritzville: 1888 cds; Rock Creek: 1878 ms. postmark (faulty, 3 recorded); Roselyn: type 2 cds (2 recorded); Seabeck: 1864 ms. postmark (6 recorded); Selah: 1881 ms. postmark (7 recorded, 2 missing stamps); Sehome: 1885 ms. postmark (3 recorded); Sharon: 1886 ms. postmark (4 recorded); Shell Rock: ms. postmark (4 recorded); Shelton: cds (7 recorded); Skagit: 1883 cds (only recorded); Skokomish: 1869 ms. postmark (7 recorded); South Bend: 1887 and 1887 cds (9 recorded); Steptoe: cds (4 recorded); Sumner: 1876 ms. postmark (EKU, 4 recorded); Tehe: 1887 cds (8 recorded); Tenino: type 1 and 2 cds's; Tulalip: 1875 ms. postmark (7 recorded); Tumwater: 1882 type 6 cds (2 rec.), type 4 cds (3 rec); Union Ridge: ms. postmark (6 rec); Uniontown: 1882 type 2 cds (3 rec); Wailepta: ms. postmark (5 rec); Wenas: 1882 ms. postmark (3 rec), 1886 type 3 cds (5 rec); West Ferndale: 1886 ms. postmark (2 rec); Woodlawn: 1886 ms. postmark (only recorded); etc.; mixed condition, worth close inspection, F.-V.F. Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
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Realized: $20,000