Pony Express Letter Covers & Cancellations, Oct-Dec. dates, Photos, 1860 or1861

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Pony Express Letter Eastbound, Oct. 12, 1861

Name/Title

Pony Express Letter Covers & Cancellations, Oct-Dec. dates, Photos, 1860 or1861

Entry/Object ID

P1996.1P.1707

Description

Pony Express Letter Covers & Cancellations, Oct-Dec. dates, Photos, 1860 or1861 Photographs of envelope covers by SJM staff photographers. Some with legends. Covers dates in Oct. Nov. Dec. (These are photos taken from color slides provided by U.S. Philatelic Society. 78.42.1-36) 96.1P.1707 = Eastbound, Postmarked Pony Express San Francisco, Oct. 12, Received Stamp, Atchison, Kan. Oct. 25. Wells Fargo Paid stamp at top. 10 cent US postal emboss. Addressed to Mrs. E.E. Griswold, Lyme, Connecticut. (old digital file name: EnvelopeCoversXP18) 96.1P.1708 = Eastbound, Postmark, Denver City, K.T., COC&PP, Oct. 16. Received stamp, St. Joseph, Oct. 23. New York cancellation, Oct. 26. Printed on envelope in yellow box "Direct Your letters Care C.O.C. & P.P. Express, St. Joseph, Mo., or Leavenworth, K.T. The only Through Express." Addressed to Geo. Warren, New York, (crossed out and Rockland, Maine penciled in). Legend: "C.O.C. & P.P. (Central Overland California & Pikes Peak) Express. During lean times for the Pony Express when money for employee salaries was in short supply, the initials were said to stand for 'Clean Out of Cash and Poor Pay.'" (old digital file name: EnvelopeCoversXP20) 96.1P.1709 = Westbound, Postmarked New York, Oct. 19. Cancelled with COC&PP Stamp, St. Joseph, MO, Oct. 21, Wells Fargo & Co. paid logo printed on left side. "Agent of Pony Express, St. Joseph, MO" printed in script on top center. "Addressed to Wm. H.V. Crouse ?), Esq. Care of Jones & Benoixen, San Francisco, Cala. (old digital file name: EnvelopeCovers19) 96.1P.1710 = Eastbound, Postmark Pony Express San Francisco, Nov. 10. Received stamp, Saint Joseph, MO, Nov. 24. "per Pony" handwritten at top. Adhesive postal stamp. Addressed to G.W. Schemberg, Esq., 110 Broad Street upstairs, PO Box No. 1292, New York. (old digital file name: EnvelopeCoversXP22) 96.1P.1711 = Eastbound, Postmark Pony Express San Francisco, Dec. 5. Received stamp, Saint Joseph, MO, Dec. 21. "per Pony" handwritten at top. . Addressed to G.W. Schemberg, Esq., 110 Broad Street upstairs, PO Box No. 1292, New York. (old digital file name: EnvelopeCoversXP21).

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1860

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Notes

Early Date: 1860

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pony express

Search Terms

Pony Express Letters, Pony Express Stamps

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 10, 2016

Provenance

Notes

Photo of envelope or display taken by SJM staff photographer. Actual cover may not be in SJM collection.