Lot
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(Colorado) Fort Garland, "Denver City, Kan, Apr 8, 1861" double circle postmark and 1857, 3¢ dull red, two singles with grid cancels on cover to Bristol, Rhode Island, "Charles H. Alden, Fort Garland, March 25th 1861" docket at left so evidently carried by military courier from Fort Garland to Denver City a year before the Fort Garland Post Office was established, Extremely Fine, a late use of this postmark type after Colorado Territory was created. Scott No. 26 Estimate $150 - 200.
Fort Garland was 200 miles south of Denver City. The sender of this cover, Captain Charles Alden, was an army surgeon.
Realized: $375