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Pony Express Centennial Last Day Cover, Hanover, Kansas, September 30, 1960Entry/Object ID
AM1986.9.23Scope and Content
Pony Express Centennial September 30, 1960. (8AM) The cancellation postmark on this card is from Hanover, Kansas.
Received at Gothenburg, NE, Oct. 3, 5 PM, 1960 (on back)
Group of Pony Express First Day Covers 86.9.1-26. Each cover canceled at a town along the trail on the last day the cancellation stamp was in use at that town's post office. Each cover has a 4¢ Pony Express Stamp. Above Stamp is stamped. "1860-Pony Express-1960 Founders, Russell, Majors, and Waddell."
Each cover has logo in orange/blue. Pony rider on galloping horse in blue against orange starburst background, April 3, 1860---April 3, 1960. "Pony Express" above and "Centennial" below.
Two hand stamps:
"Pony Express St. Joseph, Pony West" and
"Pony Express St. Joseph, MO, Last Day. (Stamp includes the circular logo "The Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company.")Lexicon
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Hanover, Kansas, Pony Express Centennial, Pony Express Last Day Issue, Pony Express 100th Anniversary, Gothenburg, Nebraska, St. Joseph, Missouri