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Crew of Gold Dirt Mine, ca. 1865
Gold Dirt was a small mining camp on the Boulder County/Gilpin
County line that thrived in the early 1860's. A post office
was established on August 13, 1861 and was discontinued
on October 11, 1867.
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27 April 1862 Gold Dirt, Colorado Territory
to Wisconsin
3c 1857 issue stamp no longer valid for postage
"Old Stamp Not Taken" endorsement
and "Due 3" notation
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After the Civil War started a new series of postage
stamps was issued starting in August, 1861 and stamps
of the proceeding 1857 issue were demonitized. The
above cover shows an attempted illegal usage of the
1857 issue stamps.
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