Sale 73: The March Sale

Lot 1128    

Querida, Colo., Jan 18, 1883 (Custer), cds and matching grid handstamp tying 3¢ Banknote on cover to Silver Cliff; small cover tear at top, Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $240

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Lot 1129    

Red Elephant, 4/27 (Clear Creek), manuscript postmark on 1¢ postal card to Illinois, 1879 dateline on reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $1,600

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Lot 1130    

Rhone, Colo., Nov 28, 1895 (Mesa), cds with target handstamp canceling on 2¢ green entire to Colorado Springs, with original enclosure on illustrated Rhone Fruit Land Co. letterhead to Senator McGorney regarding a loan, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $140

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Lot 1131    

Robinson, Colorado, Jan 5, 1889 (Summit), blue cds with target handstamp tying 2¢ Banknote (clipped perfs at left) on Robinson Consolidated Mining Co. corner card cover to Red Cliff, with original company letterhead enclosure, Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $220

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Lot 1132    

Rosita, Colo., Nov 14, 1880 (Fremont), octagon date stamp with matching target handstamp tying 3¢ Banknote on bluish green allover illustrated Colorado Stage & Express Co. shaded ad cover showing Six-Horse Stagecoach; cover opening tears at upper right, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

By 1880, the Colorado Stage & Express Company was running a double line of six horse Concorde coaches between Canon City, Silver Cliff and Rosita.

Realized: $900

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Lot 1133    

Rosita, Colo., Apr 12, 1880 (Custer), blue cds on attorney corner card cover to North Chile, N.Y., matching "Due 3" in circle handstamp, franked with 3¢ Banknote tied by grid handstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $80

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