Pony Express Stolen Mail 1860
Autor:
Actual author unknown (Pony Express / U.S. Mail); Imaging by Gwillhickers
Credit:
Pony Express / U.S. Mail; Smithsonian National Postal Museum
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Opis:
Pony Express Stolen Mail, 1860
- Image of a postal cover (mail) carried by the Pony Express which was stolen during a Piaute Indian raid.
It was recovered two years later and made it to its destination in St. Joseph, Missouri. Notation on
cover reads “recovered from a mail stolen by the Indians in 1860” and bears a New York backstamp
of May 3, 1862, the date when it was finally delivered in New York. Cover is also franked
with U.S. Postage issue of 1857, Washington, 10c green. To the right a detailed image of the type of the postage stamp, 1857 issue, used to frank this cover (envelope).
Licencja:
Public domain
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