Lot
179 
Dawkins 10/18 (Pueblo), manuscript postmark tying 1883, 2¢ brown on cover to Paloduro, Texas, with 1886 enclosure datelined from Pueblo; cover roughly reduced at right into stamp, F.-V.F., a rare and possibly unique early manuscript postmark. Scott No. 210 Estimate $200 - 300.
The Dawkins post office opened on Feb. 5, 1885 and was discontinued in 1907 and moved to Pinon. Dawkins was a railroad station on the D. & R.G.R.R.
Realized: $180