Lot 828 o
Colorado Box Killer Cancellations, a specialized collection formed by M.W. Jackson in 1963, with over 180 different towns represented with mostly choice strikes on stamps from singles to blocks of four (mostly full strikes on pairs), mostly on issues from 1920-60's, includes cancellation check list, Very Fine.Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $300
Lot
829 
Boosterism in Colorado, 1876 To Present, 10 frame exhibit collection mounted on pages in 4 binders (originally "1859 to Present " but territorial items not present); an array of Colorado publicity themes including Names on the Land including 1882 Gold Run cds, 1881 Placerville manuscript, 1882 Gold Park oval, 1879 Silver Cliff cds, 1884 Coal Creek cds, 1870-80's Antelope Springs straight line, 1888 Sunset octagon postmarks, Advertising Envelopes with early civic promotion ads and later illustrated covers including fair covers, 1883 Leadville cover with "Leadville New Letter" illustrated letterhead, 1898 Colorado Springs allover map on reverse on cover, etc., Tourist Handstamps including early Pikes Peak and later, Seven Falls, Cave of the Winds, etc., Slogan Postmarks including 1910's Expo & Fairs, Valentines Day, Meter Stamps, Cachets and Pictorial Postmarks, Very Fine, a lovely award winning exhibit. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $1,600
Lot
830
Colorado Cover Balance, hundreds of mostly modern cachet event covers, some early Denver from turn of century, etc., in two large boxes; inspect (no photo). Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $190
Lot
831
Colorado State Postal History Collection, extensive holding arranged on pages by county in approximately 240 binders (no Denver, see separate collection lot), over 2,300 pre-1940 covers and cards with very little duplication throughout and the occasional territorial usage; with highlights including Araphoe county with 1878 Deer Trail on illustrated corner card, Fort Logan covers from 1892, Baca county with 1888 Stonington manuscript, Bent with 1881 Fort Lyon manuscript and later usages, Boulder county with Boulder from 1874 territorial and later usage to England, 1878 Louisville straight line postmark, Chaffe with 1890's Cotton Springs manuscript and 1880's Poncho Springs rimless with star fancy handstamp in blue and black, Cheyenne with 1870 Kit Carson (no postmark), Clear Creek county with 1881 Brookvale cds, Conejos with 1885 Cockrill straight line, Costilla with Fort Garland from the 1880's and Garland from the 1870's, Eagle county with 1881 Red Cliff straight line postmark and 1940's "Free" mail from Camp Hale, Elbert with 1880 Kuhn's Crossing manuscript, El Paso with 1878 Bijou Basin manuscript, 1885 Manitou Springs straight line, 1884 Weissport fancy oval, etc., Fremont with early Canon City ad covers and later including 1876 Skull & Crossbones fancy killer, Grand with 1870-80's Fraser straight line postmark and 1880 Grand Lake straight line, Gunnison with 1885 Quartz cds on interesting uprated wrapper, Hinsdale with 1877 Burrow Park manuscript and Lake City from 1875 territorial onwards, Jackson with exception strike of 1884 "Rand, North Park, Colo". cds, Jefferson with 1870's Creswell cds (possible territorial), 1882 Crosson manuscript, 1882 Pine straight line postmark and Platte Canon 1882 manuscript & 1883 cds, Lake county with exceptional 1879 Howland cds and star in circle duplex and 1880 "Advertised, Leadville, Colo." oval date stamp, Larimer with 1890 Box Elder straight line postmark, 1886 Elkhorn to England, Fort Collins including a few territorials, La Porte 1885 & 1889 oval date stamps (two different) and 1889 Stout cds to England, La Plata with 1882 Animas City oval date stamp and Durango 1881 straight line postmark & a 1901 registered shield postmark, Las Animas county with Trinidad including territorial, Logan with superb strike of 1888 Calvert cds on cover to Switzerland, Mineral with 1878 Wagon Wheel Gap manuscript, Moffat with 1886 fancy horseshoe postmark, Montrose with 1994 Postal Note from Brown, Otero with 1876 Higbee manuscript to Belgium, Park with 1881 negative horseshoe postmark from Horseshoe and unusual 1880 Estabrook large rimless cds, Phillips with 1888 Holyoke straight line postmark, Pitkin with 1880's Aspen thimble postmark and later, Pueblo county with 1881 Booneville manuscript to England, 1877 Greenhorn manuscript and Pueblo from a few territorial postmarks on, San Juan with 1870's Eureka manuscript, Teller with 1892 Lawrence straight line postmark to England, Washington with 1892 Arickaree oval postmark, Yuma county with 1886 Yuma manuscript and later cds's, and much more, also included are an array of advertising covers including collar and allover, postal receipts, postal notes, also a host of post-1940's material and the entire collection illustrated by photos taken by W. Bauer and J. Ozment in each town during their 1990's travels throughout Colorado, generally F.-V.F. or better, a truly wonderful Colorado cover collection. Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
Realized: $23,000
Lot
832
Colorado Territorial Balance, of over 55 covers on pages in binder; with a selection of 6 incoming mail cover to destinations including 1860's Boulder City and Granite Vale, postmarks including 1860's Black Hawk and various Black Hawk Point postmarks, 1870 Canon City with negative masonic and "R" letter fancy duplexes, 1869-70 Central City including "Advertised" date stamp, 1862 Colorado City manuscript, 1867 Fair Play manuscript, selection of Fort Collins and Fort Lyon postmarks, Golden City, C.T. cds on 1863 postal receipt with later on cover usages, other towns including Golden Gate, Greeley, Pueblo, Mountain City, Spanish Bar and Villa Grove; few cover with possible territorial usage status; condition varies, generally Fine or better. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $2,000
Lot
833
Denver Postal History Collection, 1876-2000, mounted on pages in 11 binders; extensive range of postmarks throughout, 1870's with a nice showing of various duplex cancels including fancy with "$" duplex killer, illustrated buggy and allover ad covers, 3¢ Treasury franking on Internal Revenue corner card cover, auxiliary handstamp with "…Street and Number, Wm. N. Byers, P.M." directive handstamp, 1880's with boxed "Returned From, Hotel, Shop or Office" date stamp, octagon date stamp, interesting 1886 1¢ Banknote bisect usage, 1886 registered usage with straight line Denver handstamp canceling, auxiliary handstamps, ad cover including 1887 stamp collar, 1888 & 1889 straight line postmarks (two different), later with range of machine cancels, airmails including later crash covers, etc., generally F.-V.F. or better. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $900
Lot
834
Denver Territorial Postal History Collection, 1863-76, of 32 covers on pages in binder; includes 1863 "Denver City, C.T." double circle date stamp and following double circle "Col" cds in black and blue, 1865 "Denver City, Col" cds in blue, later cds with early strike in black and blue including double rate forwarding, the scarce rimless Rec'd date stamp with additional Advertised cds on reverse, study of the 1870's postmark types and fancy duplexes including star, negative "L", "M" & "NV" letters, negative masonic, also a selection of ad corner cards including Rocky Mountain News, etc., generally F.-V.F. or better. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $575