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2099 
Hinckley & Co's Express Mail via Denver, Paid Through, scroll frank, scarcer first type without additional text 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Superior, Wisconsin, bold Hinckley & Co.s Express, Denver City Oct 29, 1860 handstamp cds, entered the mails with Saint Joseph, Missouri postmark, gently cleaned, Extremely Fine, ex-Frajola & Whitington.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Hinckley & Co's Express (May 1860 - May 1861) Hinckley's Express was founded in 1860 by C. S. Hinckley and John Sowers. It operated between the mining regions west of Denver, Colorado (then Kansas Territory) to Denver. It also operated east from Denver to St. Joseph, Missouri and later to Omaha, Nebraska via the Platte Valley route. It was purchased by the Central Overland, California & Pike's Peak Express Company on May 11, 1861.nn
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