Lot
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(Colorado) "Cherry Creek", directive in early ca. 1858-59 letter "…Write to me and direct my letters to Cherry Creek Head Quarters via Fort Laramie, letter mentions scarcity postage stamps, traveling to Elk Horn City and Fremont", with 3¢ red (U10) Nesbitt buff entire to Omaha, Nebraska Territory; reduction at left, Very Fine, A very early usage from Cherry Creek. Estimate $400 - 600.
Early mails to and from the new settlements, were often carried back to the Missouri River towns by travelers. The settlers privately contracted with William Smith to operate a letter express between Cherry Creek and Fort Laramie. The quote from this letter acknowledges the lack of government mail service to the Cherry Creek settlements. The writer, Will (W.D. McClain) is known to have arrived at Cherry Creek on November 2, 1858.
Realized: $260