Lot
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Denver City K.T., Jan 7 1861 "Tombstone" Postmark, on cover to South Carolina, tombstone postmark ties 1857 3¢ dull red additionally cancelled with grid, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine and rare. Estimate $500 - 750.
Mailed less than two months before the admission of Colorado Territory. The "K.T." designation remained in use for the month between Kansas statehood (January 29, 1861) and the formation of Colorado Territory (February 28, 1861). A very rare example of a territorial cover to a seceded state. South Carolina was an independent state at this date, having already seceded from the Union but not yet joined the Confederacy (February 4, 1861).
Realized: $675