Pony Express patriotic cover

National Postal Museum

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.
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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On View
Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
Title
Scott Catalogue USA 143L1
Scott Catalogue USA U32
National Postal Museum
Topic
Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
Covers & Letters
Record ID
npm_0.299379.1
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm88dfb8103-b29f-4ac6-8ebe-474ddae9b112
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