Name/Title
Pony Express Letter Covers & Cancellations, September dates, Photos, 1860 or 1861Entry/Object ID
P1996.1P.1702Description
Pony Express Letter Covers & Cancellations, September dates, Photos, 1860 or 1861. Photographs of envelope covers by SJM staff photographers. Some with legends. Covers period Sept.6-Sept.22. (These are photos taken from color slides provided by U.S. Philatelic Society. 78.42.1-36)
96.1P.1702 = Eastbound, Original postmark illegible. Printed at top: "Paid, Central Overland Pony Express Company. Received stamp: COC&PP, Sept. 6, St. Joseph, MO. Addressed to Mrs. James Plank for Mrs. Edward L. Field, Utica, New York. (old digital file name: EnvelopeCoversXP21)
96.1P.1703 = Eastbound, Postmarked Pony Express, San Francisco, Sep 11, Received stamp Atchison, Sep. 23. (1861) Wells Fargo adhesive stamp and 10 cent embossed US Stamp. Addressed to Geo. J. Whelan, Esq. No. 46 North Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland. (old digital file name: EnvelopeCoversXP17)
96.1P.1704 = Westbound, Postmark Pony Express, St. Joseph, Sep 13, "Pony Express" handwritten at bottom. Addressed to Crosby & Dibbler, San Francisco, Cala.(Cover Number 2 from the Collection of E. A Witsee, St. Joe 'Running Horse', Westbound Cover. (old digital file name: EnvelopeCoversXP11)
96.1P.1705 = Patriotic Cover, San Francisco to Hamburg, Germany. Postmark Pony Express, San Francisco, Sep. 14. Illustration of Geo. Washington with "To the Efficacy and Permenancy of Your Union.." Three other cancel stamps, illegible. Legend: "San Francisco to Hamburg, Germany on a patriotic envelope with all the transit markings and 30¢ stamp, the rate of postage at the time." (old digital file name: EnvelopeCoversXP10)
96.1P.1706 = Eastbound, Postmark Sacramento, Sept 22 (1861). Received stamp. Atchison, Kan., Oct. 5. Dead Letter Office Stamp of Post Office Department stamp, Mar 11, 1862. "Pony Express" handwritten at top. "Please keep at the NY Office till called for." Addressed to Mr. C. Hyde, Esq., New York. (old digital file name: EnvelopeCoversXP20)Made/Created
Date made
1860 - 1861Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriNotes
Date: 1860Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony expressSearch Terms
Pony Express Letters, Pony Express StampsProvenance
Notes
Photo of envelope or display taken by SJM staff photographer. Actual cover may not be in SJM collection.
