La Plata County, Colorado Postal Cover Collection [155286]

Lot of 10. 1) Hesperus. Cover with 1894 blue oval postmark. 2) Hermosa. Two pieces. 1881 cover with manuscript Hermosa, Colo. postmark. Second cover sent to Silverton. 3) Ignacio. Two covers: 1898 and

Lot of 8. No contents. Includes: corner ad cover for La Plata Miner, pink envelope; Grand Hotel cc, 1887; pictorial cover Hotel Grand, 1894; JL Ufford & Co. cc, 1876; Stoiber Bros., Ore Samplers and B

Lot of 8. Includes: color pictorial corner cover for Fred. Mantey, 1901; Little Book Cliff Railway Co. cc, 1892; ML Allison County Clerk cc, 1884; Horace T. De Long cc, 1901; 1902 cover; La Court Hote

Lot of 26. Some with contents. 1) Pueblo. 23 pieces. Includes: South Pueblo Dining Station, Union Depot, and Fargo Hotel cover with multi-page letter on Denver & Rio Grande Railway letterhead, 1885; F

Lot of 13. 1) Bonanza, Colorado. Two pieces: 1881 double ring cancel with two page letter that mentions Leadville and that the letter writer is going "prospecting with hopes to find a mine...". And 18

Lot of 14. 1) Golden. Six covers: O. Thorson cc, 1898 pictorial and 1904; Cambria Tile & Brick Co. cc, 1880s; DE Parks, Lawyer, cc, 1874, to Denver, C.T.; and 1899 and 1909 covers. 2) Morrison. Three

Lot of 8. 1) Grand Lake. Two covers: 1906 cancel on Georgetown cc; and 1883 cover. Right outside of RMNP. 2) Rand, North Park, Colo. 1884. At this point, it was Grand County. The "North Park" was an e

Lot of 17. All pre-1900. 1) Ft. Collins. Seven covers: corner ad for TM Akers, Fire Insurance Agent; corner ad cover for EN Garbutt, 1883(?); corner ad cover for Hilton & Ballard, Attorneys, 1884; cor

Extremely rare. "Principal Mines, La Plata County, Colorado" (printed under title). Inc. in Colorado. No. 508, issued for 110 shares to Walter Oakley on Sept. 24th, 1881. Signed by president John P. S

Lot of 5. 1) Summit, Colo. manuscript postmark, 1879. 3 cent adhesive and imprinted stamp. 2) Little Annie Mining Co., Summit, corner ad cover, 1877, with red cancel and killer. 3) Summitville 1893 co

Lot of 8. 1) Kokomo. Mining ghost town. Three corner covers: NB Noland, Deputy US Mineral Surveyor, Civil & Mining Engineer, 1881; Corinthian Lodge, F&AM, 1885; and The Ten Mile Mercantile Co., 1902.

Lot of 4. 1) Poncha Springs. Cover and letter, 1882. Oval postmark, faded. Letter is requesting butter and eggs. 2) Divide. (PO operated 1874-1885). 1880 cover with pink rectangular postmark. 3) Twin

Lot of 8 different. 1) Howbert. 1892 ad cover for BR Dell of Howbert to HR Pendery in Leadville. Circular Howbert cancel, on envelope with green 2 cent stamp. 2) Hartsel. Corner ad cover for Chalmers

Lot of 3. 1) Palisades (1891-1924). Corner ad cover sent to Topeka. Palisades, Colo. Feb. 8, 1898 postmark. Target killer. Name changed to Palisade in 1924. 2) Pictorial corner ad cover for Grand Vall

Lot of 3. 1) Manuscript Sparkill, 1882. Cover sent to Philadelphia. Green Washington 3 cent stamp, pen cancelled. Post office from 1882-1887. 2) Great pictorial ad cover with two different CO postmark

Lot of 2. 1) Rollinsville territorial cover with manuscript cancel on double rate stamped envelope sent to Denver. PO started in 1871. Rare. 2) Corner ad cover for St. Clair Sales Bureau in Tolland. U

Lot of 16. 1) Trinidad. 11 pieces: corner ad cover for Grand Union Hotel, 1889; pictorial ad cover for Southern Hotel, 1900; corner ad cover for Simon Sanders & Co., 1895; corner ad cover for SB Brown

Lot of 17. 1) Portland. Two pieces: White Cross cover with two purple CDSs with circled star killer, 1891, return address is Portland, Ouray County; and 1884 cover with Portland cancel. 2) Rico. Two c

Lot of 13. 1) Idaho Springs. Seven covers. Includes: 1869 cover addressed to Idaho Springs, Colorado Territory; 1876 cover with letterhead for Geo. L. Cannon, Mining Engineer (letter about mining deed

Nevada C.T. postmark on cover sent to Weathersfield, Vermont. 3 cent red Washington stamp. This cancel is listed in Kansas Territory and Gilpin County, Colorado, operating from 1861-1869, at which poi

Lot of 4. Lake City is located in Hinsdale County. 1) Corner ad cover for Garbutt, Abbott Bros. & Woodward, 1877. Blue oval. Hand cancel. 2) Lake City, 1878. Purple double ring with Maltese Cross canc

Lot of 4 for this Gunnison County town. 1) Tin Cup & Gold Hill Mining & Milling Co. ad cover, New Orleans cancel. 2) Others: 1894 cover; 1882 cover addressed to Tin Cup; and 1885 cover with Tin Cup ca

Rare early cancel for this Gilpin County mining camp location. Now essentially a ghost town. Cover sent Prince Edward Island. 1884. Star cancel. Named after William Greeneberry Russell, a miner from t

This is a rare location in Eagle County, Colorado. It is incorrectly listed in Bauer, Ozment, and Willard as "Rondebush." They list the office as operating from 1880-1883, when operations moved to Mit