Lot
2186 
Confederacy, Pioneer Express Company, Mobile Ala., blue printed corner card on U.S. 3¢ pink (U59) buff entire to Wahalak Station, M & O R.R., Miss.; some soiling, no flap, Very Fine and rare. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED PIONEER EXPRESS COMPANY ADVERTISING USES.
The Pioneer Express Company was the third most important express company in the Confederate States, behind Adams Express and the Southern Express. The first announcement of services was in the April 12th and Apr. 24th 1862 Times-Picayune (New Orleans). They announced in the Jun. 26th 1862 Mobile Register that it was operating over the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, which operated from Mobile Ala. to Jackson Miss. through Meridian and Corinth Miss. Later they advertised service over all stations on the Alabama and Tennessee Railroad in the Aug. 27th 1862 Mobile Register.
Reference: Daniel Knowles, "The Pioneer Express Company", Civil War Philatelist, Vol. 66 No. 3, 3rd Qtr 2021, pp. 14-27, Census #20.
Realized: $800