Sale 1090 — United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 17-19 December, 2014
Category — Telegraph Covers
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1851
United States and Mexico Telegraph Company. Imprint on orange-buff cover addressed to Denver, no postal markings, fresh and Very Fine, a rare design which is unlisted in the 1993 ASCC, according to The Telegraph Age (Vol. 24, 1906), B. F. Woodward of Denver organized the United States and Mexico Telegraph Company and built the line from Denver to Santa Fe, although it was projected to extend to Mexico City the line was sold to Western Union before completion
E. 400-500
850