Lot 255
1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114), tied by target cancel, legible strike of "Sitka Alaska T. Oct 29" c.d.s. on 1870 cover to Millersport O., couple short perfs and faint toning, some stains and small edge tear.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
Expertization: 1976 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Hollowbush, Gimelson, Coulter
From 1867 until 1884, the region later known as the District of Alaska (1884), Territory of Alaska (1912) and the State of Alaska (1959) was officially known as the Department of Alaska. Until 1877 it was under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army. The Census of 1870 reported 461 whites living in Alaska (with no effort made to count the Eskimo population). Covers from Alaska pre-dating the 1890's are rare, and the 1869 PRA Census estimated three to six extant.
Illustrated, United States Postage Stamps of 1869, Rose, p. 48.
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