St. Joseph "Pony Express COCPP" Marking | |
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“2.50” indicates $2.50 per ¼ oz. Express fee
paid - sent under cover to St. Joseph
March
10, 1861 Pony Express from St. Joseph arrived on
March 25 in San Francisco
10¢
U.S. transcontinental postage paid - sent in
U.S. mails from San Francisco to Portland
One
of only two known Pony Express covers handled by
the San Francisco Post Office
Fewer than ten westbound St. Joseph green "oval in circle" markings are known |
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Richard Frajola, May 2006 |
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