Auction # 56 - THE WESTPEX SALE

Ash Fork, Ariz., Feb 12, 1886 (Yavapai). Clear strike of cds (Meyer 2, rarity 5) on registered 1884, 2¢ brown entire to New London, N.H., uprated 1¢ Banknote, horizontal pair and strip of three all canceled by cork handstamp, manuscript registry number, Very Fine, an attractive registry usage from Ash Fork, the earliest of five recorded postmarks.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

Station and division point on A. T. & S. F. R. R. For many years stages for Prescott started from here. In Jan. 1892, the Prescott-Phoenix branch began building south from Ash Fork. Named by F. W. Smith, General Superintendent of old Atlantic and Pacific R. R. in 1882, because of ash trees on the town site. P. O. established April 2, 1883, Henry W. Kline, P.M.