Lot
9 
Breckinridge, Utah Ter'ty, 13th Sept 1860, manuscript postmark on cover to Iowa franked with 1857 3¢ tied (slightly defective at top) by matching manuscript cancel, neat docketing on face, Very Fine and rare, This is the earlier of two known covers from the only post office in that part of Utah Territory that is now Colorado. Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
Named for Vice President and presidential candidate John C. Breckinridge, the town later changed its spelling to Breckenridge after its namesake's support of the Confederacy in 1861. A stunning Colorado rarity. .
Realized: $14,000