^Lot 706 Arizona Territory Postcard & Stamp Collection

1884-1885 Tombstone and Patagonia Express embossed 2 cent hand cancelled postal cover sent to "Miss Lulu Charm at The Bird Cage, Tombstone, Arizona Territory." This stage line was owned by J.D. Kinnear who owned the Tucson & Tombstone Stage Line and the Tombstone to Benson Stage Line which employed the Earps as shotgun messengers according to the Wells Fargo cash book. The Bird Cage theatre was dubbed "the roughest, bawdiest, and most wicked night spot between Basin Street and the Barbary Coast." New York Times 1882 In shadowbox frame, measures 14"x18"x2".