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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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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
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current22:52, 2 April 2021Thumbnail for version as of 22:52, 2 April 2021800 × 499 (133 KB)DocFreeman24Uploading new version that lacks cursor icon in the shot.
01:06, 20 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 01:06, 20 December 20101,199 × 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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