Lot
71 
Denver City KAS, April 22 1861, double circle postmark - the rarest of all Denver City postmarks - on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt postal stationery entire to Connecticut, manuscript "Paid 10¢" refers to the express fee from the mining camps to Denver City, flap torn & part missing, Very Fine and rare. Estimate $300 - 400.
This double cds was intended for use during the interregnum between Kansas statehood and the formation of Colorado Territory, but apparently was not received until after the territory was admitted. Very few examples are known.
Realized: $1,350