Lot
598 
Breckinridge, Utah Ter'y, 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, this is the earlier of two known covers from the only post office in that part of Utah Territory that is now Colorado, a stunning Colorado rarity. Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
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. This cover sold for $17,000 hammer in our February 2008 auction sale.
Realized: $8,000