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).
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Pony Express / U.S. Mail; Smithsonian National Postal Museum
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Actual author unknown (Pony Express / U.S. Mail); Imaging by Gwillhickers
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