Lot 454
"Gold Dirt C.T., July 4, 1866", manuscript postmark and "X" ties 3¢ rose (65) on orange cover to Norrisville Vt., manuscript "Missent & For'd" with blue "Morrisville, Vt. Jul 18" cds; cover reduced at right into stamp, Fine and scarce, ex-Bauer.Estimate $500 - 750.
Only manuscript postmarks are known from this important but short-lived stamping mill town. Gold Dirt was located in Gilpin County south and west of Rollinsville. In its early days, Gold Dirt produced two million dollars worth of gold.
Realized: $1,200