1873, 12¢ War Dept., horizontal pair, tied by "Knoxville Mar. 10 '84" duplex cancel on large-size cover to Congressman Leonidas Campbell Houk in Washington, manuscript. "Personal" at bottom, Washington D.C. receiving backstamp; some wear and feew shorts perfs, cover reduced at right, Fine and scarce 12¢ pair on cover, ex-Burrus, Lobdell. Scott No. O89  Estimate $400 - 600. Houk was a Union Army colonel and a prominent representative from Tennessee, serving from 1879-91, he accidentally drank a bottle of arsenic on May 21, 1891 and died the next day. $0 (Image)

1873, 12¢ War Dept., tied by geometric duplexed with partial "Washington D.C. Apr 14" cds on cover to Rahway N.J., purple "Received, Rahway, N.J. Apr 15 1879" cds, manuscript "O.B." endorsement; small edge tear and some wear, Fine, a scarce quadruple rate use, ex-Lobdell. Scott No. O89  $450. $0 (Image)