COLORADO POSTAL ENCYCLOPEDIA - Sample Listing
As Published in the Colorado Postal Historian

COUNTY DESCRIPTION
  A discussion of the history and location of the county.

TOWN DESCRIPTION
  A discussion of the history, the location, and the source of the name of the office.

Chronology of the Post Office
  A chronology of the post office: dates of establishment, discontinuance, reported locations, postmasters to approximately 1980, and other events.

Confirmed Types of Postal Markings
  A descriptive listing and tracings of the recorded postmarks for the office.

Sample Cover
  From a private collection

The Cover Red Elephant Colo June 25 (1880) Cancel Type 1.A Cancel Identification MM (manuscript) Significance: The only Red Elephant postal marking known on a complete envelope.  The other cancel types are known on Government Postal Card.  There are four recordered covers.

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