File:Pony_Express_1861.jpg
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DescriptionPony Express 1861.jpg |
English: Pony Express US Cover with Wells Fargo & Company 2-dollar red stamp, tied by blue "Pony Express San Francisco June 12." Running Pony oval cancel on a 10-cent stamped envelope (USA Scott U33). Cover is cancelled by green "St. Joseph, Mo. Jun 24" circular date stamp. This cover was carried by a Pony Express rider from San Francisco, California, to A.W. Canfield in New York, NY, in twelve days during June of 1861. |
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Source | https://www.si.edu/object/npm_0.299379.1 |
Author | US Post Office/US Pony Express |
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current | 22:52, 2 April 2021 | 800 × 499 (133 KB) | DocFreeman24 | Uploading new version that lacks cursor icon in the shot. | |
01:06, 20 December 2010 | 1,199 × 721 (152 KB) | Gwillhickers | {{Information |Description={{en|1='''Pony Express'''<br/>Single of the Wells Fargo & Company 2-dollar red stamp, tied by blue "Pony Express San Francisco June 12." Running Pony oval cancel on a 10-cent stamped envelope (USA Scott U33). Cover is cancel |
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