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EnvelopeEntry/Object ID
2023.2.121 A-BScope and Content
A notice inside an envelope To The Security Holders of St. Joseph Light & Power Company from D. A. Merrifield, PresidentContext
A.
(A small pamphlet folded in half to make four pages.)
To The Security Holders of St. Joseph Light & Power Company
The Company's earnings statement comes to you in one of the new four cent
commemorative stamped envelopes issued on July 19 at St Joseph, Missouri,
in connection with the 1960 Pony Express centennial year celebrations.
The Pony Express began its history making mail service at St. Joseph on April 3, 1860
and continued in existence until October, 1861. The western terminus of the 1966
mile run was Sacramento, California.
Commemorative stamped envelopes are comparatively scarce, the Post Office having
issued such envelopes only six other times.
D. A. Merrifield
President
July 19, 1960
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(Inside)
NOTICE
To Security Holders of
St. Joseph Light & Power Company
The earnings statemen of the Company for the twelve months ended June
30, 1960 is being furnished the security holders of St. Joseph Light & Power
Company in agreement with the purchases of $4,500,000 aggregate
principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5% Series due 1989
St. Joseph Light & Power Company
EARNINGS STATEMENT
For the twelve months ended June 30, 1960
(Subject to Examination by Independent Public Accountants)
OPERATING REVENUES:
Electric - - - - -
Gas - - - - - -
Transportation - - - - - -
Water - - - - - -
Total operating revenues
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Production - - - - -
Transmission and distribution - - - - -
Transportation - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total operation
Maintenance - - - - -
Depreciation - - - - -
Taxes - - - - -
State, . . . . .
Federal . . . . .
Total operating expenses
Operating income
OTHER INCOME, net
Gross income
INCOME DEDUCTIONS:
Interest on . . . . .
Amortization . . . . .
Interest charged . . . . .
General interest . . . . .
Miscellaneous . . . . .
Total income deductions
NET INCOME
(On the back side is the St. Joseph LIGHT & POWER Company logo)
B.
The envelope is addressed to Mrs. Mildred W. Becraft, Rapid City, South Dakota, postmarked Saint Joseph Mo. JUL 19 1960. In addition to the postmark is a round stamp with the FOUNDERS of the Pony Express: +Russell, +Majors, +Waddell and St. Joseph, MO - Sacramento, Calif. The embossed 4¢ PONY EXPRESS stamp is a brown rectangle with a white Pony Express rider in the middle and 1860 - 1960. Below is stamped 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' . In the left corner is a picture of the 100th Anniversary of the Pony Express commemorative coin. Below that is partial pink stamp. The return address of St. Joseph Light & Power Company is on the back flap.Lexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Dimension Notes
3¼" X 6"Dimension Notes
3½" X 6½"
