File:Louisville Kentucky 1861 cover+3c.jpg
Summary
US Postage on a cover addressed to a "William C Rives Jr Esqr" formerly of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Boston, Massachusetts">Boston</a>, forwarded to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell,_New_Jersey" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Caldwell, New Jersey">Caldwell, N.J.</a>, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Ky.</a> and Adams Express Company postmarks, 1861.
When mail was no longer delivered between the North and South after the Civil War began, express companies would instead carry the mail across the lines. The three major express companies were Adams Express, American Letter Express, and Whiteside's Express. This would continue for about two months before the U.S. Post Office ordered an end to mail delivery to the Confederate States, effective August 26, 1861. Thereafter, mail had to be sent by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Confederate_States" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States">Flag-of-Truce mail</a>, although express companies continued to do some illegal business.
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| current | 20:20, 4 January 2017 | | 914 × 484 (110 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | US Postage on a cover addressed to a "William C Rives Jr Esqr" formerly of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Boston, Massachusetts">Boston</a>, forwarded to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell,_New_Jersey" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Caldwell, New Jersey">Caldwell, N.J.</a>, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Ky.</a> and Adams Express Company postmarks, 1861.<br>When mail was no longer delivered between the North and South after the Civil War began, express companies would instead carry the mail across the lines. The three major express companies were Adams Express, American Letter Express, and Whiteside's Express. This would continue for about two months before the U.S. Post Office ordered an end to mail delivery to the Confederate States, effective August 26, 1861. Thereafter, mail had to be sent by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Confederate_States" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States">Flag-of-Truce mail</a>, although express companies continued to do some illegal business. |
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