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Pony Express patriotic cover
Object Details
- Description
- Single of the Wells Fargo & Company 2-dollar red stamp, tied by blue "Pony Express San Francisco June 12." Running Pony oval cancel on a 10-cent stamped envelope (USA Scott U33). Cover is cancelled by green "St. Joseph, Mo. Jun 24" circular date stamp.
- The envelope was carried from San Francisco, California, to A.W. Canfield in New York, New York, in twelve days during June 1861.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1861
- Object number
- 0.299379.1
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink; adhesive / embossed; handstamped
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (8.2 x 14 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 143L1
- Scott Catalogue USA U32
- Topic
- Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_0.299379.1
- Usage
- CC0
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