Lot
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Colorado City C.T., Aug 18/61, manuscript postmark and matching "Paid 3" on orange cover to Illinois, original contents (in French) accompany, part of flap torn away, Very Fine, illustrated in Jarrett's Colorado book. Estimate $300 - 400.
The Colorado City post office was established in Kansas Territory in March 1860. The second Colorado territorial legislature met here in 1861, but promptly adjourned to Denver City when conditions proved too primitive. Colorado City actually remained the territorial capital for several more years, but the legislature never attempted to meet there again.
Realized: $325