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Wells Fargo & Co. Pony Express Cover, 1862 [181995]

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Wells Fargo & Co. Pony Express Cover, 1862 [181995]
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Early territorial Nevada Pony Express postal cover dated September 3, 1862. Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Virginia Pony Express began operations on August 8, 1862 using the 10-cent fee for a 1/2 ounce letter. The rate increased to 25 cents in spring, 1863, making this an 1862 specimen. Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain arrived in Virginia City in Sept. 1862, the same time period as this cover! Presented are two Leutzinger Type 12-3 Wells, Fargo & Co. blue oval cancels; on on the scarce Type 143L7 brown Pony Express 10-cent stamp and the second on the Wells, Fargo & Co. Type WF-E franked U58. Extremely rare. X-Potter. [ Virginia City Nevada 1862