Hughes, Colo., Sept 5, 1871, manuscript postmark canceling in 1870, 3¢ green entire to Evans, Col. Ter.; a bit reduced at right, Very Fine, the earliest of two recorded territorial postmarks from this town. Estimate  $200 - 300. Hughes was a station on the Overland Mail route and was named for General Bela M. Hughes, president of the company. Indeed, Hughes barely qualified as a town. It was the junction of the Denver-Pacific and Denver, Marshall & Boulder railroads, but never had commercial import. $0 (Image)