Heinrich Köhler 385 Auction – Day 1

Central Overland Pony Express Company, Paid, printed frank on 10c green stationery entire to New Castle, Main, with manuscript “2.50" Pony Express rate notation alongside imprint, manuscript “Carson City Oct 24/60” (Utah Territory) origin notation in the same hand, fair strike of black oval “Central Overland California  & Pikes Peak / Express Company / St. Joseph, Mo. / Nov 5” datestamp, with Saint Joseph double-circle c.d.s. struck overtop indicia, a few minor spots of age discoloration, otherwise very fine and of little importance given the rarity of this cover, one of only a small number of examples of this printed frank, and one of the few recorded from what is now Nevada, as well as one of only two recorded covers from this eastbound trip of the Pony Express, the other originating in San Francisco. (Frajola-Kramer-Walske Census E30).