Name/Title
Postal Car Anniversary envelopeEntry/Object ID
2023.2.196Scope and Content
An sealed standard sized envelope.Context
The left side of the envelope commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the First U. S. Postal Car. It includes a drawing of a postal car and is written
"On July 28, 1862, mail as first sorted enroute in a specially-constructed postal car on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, now part of the Burlington Lines. The innovation speeded mail service by as much ad 14 hours, and advanced mail delivery to Overland stages at St. Joseph, Missouri. William A. Davis, then assistant postmaster at St. Joseph, conceived the idea.
This cover was postmarked at Hannibal, Missouri on July 28, 1962, Centennial of the car's run, and of the beginning of railway postal service.
This car was built in the Hannibal & St. Joseph R. R. Shops in Hannibal, Missouri."
The envelope is addressed to Mr. John D. Miller, St. Joseph, Missouri and is postmarked Hannibal MO JUL 28 1962. It contains a brown 4¢ commemorative Pony Express 1860 1960 stamp. It is stamped over with 'Centennial 1st U. S. Mail Sorted In Transit.'Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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EnvelopeNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Stamp, PostageNomenclature Primary Object Term
Container, DocumentNomenclature Primary Object Term
StampNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing AccessoriesNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Class
Exchange MediaNomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects