Lot
79 
Denver Col. Feb 5, blue cds with duplex target killer tying 1861 3¢ rose (minor corner fault) on 1868 cover to Laporte C.T. with Wholesale Grocer's corner card, reverse with wonderful illustrated design showing Railroad Map & Rocky Mountains with printed indication of "Gold and Silver" area and "Gold, Iron and Coal" area, two sealed flap tears through design which extend slightly onto the front, otherwise F.-V.F. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $280
Lot
80
Denver Col. Dec 2, black cds on cover to Pennsylvania franked with 3¢ Bank Note tied by fancy five point star clearly struck, the cover can be dated to 1871 by the postmark, used only in 1871 and early 1872, Very Fine and attractive. Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $60
Lot
81
Denver, Colo., Apr. 4, cds on cover with Bankers and Brokers corner card addressed to Virginia, franked with 3¢ Bank Note (small nick) tied by fancy Masonic Fancy Cancel Square and Compass in serrated circle, dated April 4, 1876 - a late territorial usage, Very Fine and attractive. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $210
Lot
82
Denver, Colo. Rec'd, Jul. 12, double circle postmark on 1876 cover from Illinois to Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, forwarded to Greeley, Colorado Territory, then to Denver, with Denver receiving cds struck on face, Instructional markings include "Forwarded", "Unclaimed" and "Returned to Writer", the last canceled by pen, cover stained and soiled with opening cut at top, Fine. Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $20
Lot
83
Dudley, Col. June 18th, manuscript postmark on cover franked with 3¢ Bank Note tied by manuscript cancel, original enclosure included, opened roughly at right, removing part of stamp, F.-V.F. for this, the only recorded cover from this small ore mill town. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $1,450
Lot
84
Edgerton Colo. Sept 6 75, manuscript postmark on 3¢ green Postal Stationery entire to Illinois, Very Fine, illustrated in Jarrett's Colorado book. Estimate $200 - 300.
Edgerton was the first station north of Colorado Springs on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Only manuscript territorial postmarks are known.
Realized: $325
Lot
85
El Moro Col. 6/24-76, manuscript postmark on 3¢ Postal entire with printed corner card of Wholesale Grocer and Commission Merchant, addressed to Mora, New Mexico Territory, reduced at right just affecting indicia, otherwise Very Fine, The El Moro post office opened less than four months before statehood, so territorial covers are understandably quite rare, illustrated in Jarrett's Colorado book. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $200
Lot
86
Empire City C.T. Dec. 11, black cds and target cancel on 1866 3¢ Postal entire to New Hampshire, month slug inverted in postmark, reduced at left, Very Fine and scarce, The name, Empire City was named after New York, the "Empire State", from which many of its residence emigrated. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $55
Lot
87
Fair Play Col Try, March 27th 1865, clear manuscript postmark on neat orange cover franked with 1861 3¢ rose (couple of blunt perfs) to New York, stamp interestingly canceled with sender's initials, even though he was not the postmaster, Very Fine and attractive. Estimate $500 - 750.
In 1859 when prospectors flocked to Tarryall in South Park, they found a most unhospitable welcome. What's more it seemed as if all the best mining sites had been staked out. Therefore a number left and settled a community they called Fair Play to contrast the reception they had found at Tarryall.
Realized: $950
Lot
88
Fair Play Col. Aug 13, 1866, manuscript postmark on a very puzzling cover to France with a rare territorial use of a 2¢ "Black Jack" plus two 3¢ rose adhesives for a total of eight cents, exchanged via Chicago, where two of the stamps were correctly overstruck with the oblong "Short Paid" handstamp (the correct rate to France was 15¢, with prepayment optional), inexplicably, the Chicago office also applied the circular red "Chicago Ill./Paid 12", presumably intended as a credit to France, even though the cover was not prepaid, based on this marking, the French accepted the cover as paid to destination (boxed PD), the other French marking is the "Etats-Unis, Serv. Brit., Amb. Calais" commonly found on such mail, some docketing on face, Very Fine, a wonderful Territorial cover to an Overseas destination, illustrated in Jarrett's Colorado book. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Our best explanation is this: The "Paid 12" handstamp was applied by the Chicago office before the short payment was noticed. It should have been canceled at the same time the "Short Paid" was applied, but this was overlooked - a surprisingly rare example of an uncorrected error by an exchange office.
Realized: $1,100