Lot
1309 
"Junction House, C.T., Jany 25", manuscript postmark tying 3¢ rose (65) on cover to Fair Haven Vt.; cover slightly reduced at right, Very Fine and choice, ex-Bauer. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
THE EARLIEST OF ONLY THREE RECORDED COVERS FROM THIS OFFICE.
The Junction House post office was located just west of where Beaver Creek meets the South Platte River. Only a month after it opened in December 1864 the office found itself encircled by the Arapaho, Cheyenne and Sioux raids which followed the Sand Creek battle. Beaver Creek stage station, five miles away, was burned on January 14, 1865, and on the overland road stage stations and telegraph lines were destroyed for 75 miles down river, all the way past Julesburgh. The Junction House post office became Fort Morgan on July 16, 1866.
Realized: $2,200