Details For Cover ID# 30408

Pony Express, San Francisco, Dec 5, blue oval Running Pony handstamp on 1855 10¢ Nesbitt entire along with dateless blue oval handstamp "The Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company, San Francisco, Cal".

Light pencil "1/4" weight notation at top, entered the mails with "St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 21" cds (1860) with matching grid handstamp canceling indicia, reverse with large green "Pony Express, The Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company, St. Joseph Mo., Dec 19" circular date stamp.

FWK census E47.

The green St. Joseph Pony Express date stamp was introduced in the second period for use in St. Joseph. It is known, as in this instance, as a transit backstamp for a short period on eastbound mail from December 19, 1860 (as this example shows) to January 20, 1861.

THE EARLIEST USAGE OF THE GREEN ST. JOSEPH PONY EXPRESS DATE STAMP (on verso).

This cover is already listed in philamercury as cover id 4736, however the scan is barely legible, thus this entry. Description from that entry:

Pony E47 DEC 5 blue SF-RP undated blue SF-COCPP DEC 19 green SJ-COCPP/PE bkstmp DEC 21 black SJ2 none U16 10c Nesbitt "New York, NY" Schenkberg E47 DEC 5 blue SF-RP

Illustrated in the Boggs / Nathan Pony Express book.

Ex Haub, Moody, Knapp