Front:
INGTON
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No. 2.
G OIN G WE ST.
Jan 1859.
Dietance,
te Piace. ALLOWED
LEAVE.
DAYS.
Hour.
1896
St. Loais, Mo, and
Memphis, Ten.,
Tipton,
Springfield,
Fayetteville,
Fort Smith,
Sherman,
Fort Belknap,
Fort Chadbourne, "
Peods River Ov
RI Paso,
Boldier's Farewell,
Tacson,
Miles. No. Hours
snd Thursday,
and Tharsday.
Wednesday sud Satarday,
and Sundsy,
and Monday,
8.00 A.M
6.00 P.M
7.45 A.M
10 15 AM
3.80 A.M
Monday
Mo. Monday
160
143
100
65
205.
146
36
10
371
264
174
45
39
FORT LEAVENwORTH
Ark. Thursday
Friday
Texa Sunday
Monday
Thesday
14
and Wednesday, 12.30 A.M
9.00
3.1
3.4
Saturday
Sunday
Arizona Tueaday
and Thursday,
and Friday.
Thursday and Sanday
Abd Taesd
and Wedne
and Frid
20*Universl Pestal Congress
Gila River,
Fort Ynma,
Angelos,
Wedneeday and
SHIN
NOV
19
1989
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RED THUNDEH,
STIS
ELIS PARG
ALWAYS RIONG
& CO.
Chis Calle
DC
WAS
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CLASSIC MAIL TRANSPORTATION
First Day of Issue: November 19, 1989
First Issue Location: Washington, D.C.
In 1794, Congress authorized the postmaster general to
use stagecoaches to transport the mail, because the
volume had become far too great for it to be carried
efficiently over long distances on horseback. Another
reason for authorizing the stagecoach as a method of mail
delivery was to encourage the coach lines to go places
they might otherwise not have gone, and this encourage-
ment proved largely successful. In time, daring, dedi-
cated and resourceful stagecoach drivers were delivering
mail throughout the United States. Pictured on the cachet
for this Maximum Card is Ben Holladay, who operated
the Overland Stageline. His stagecoaches virtually mo-
nopolized the eastern half of the central overland route,
an advantage that Holladay maintained through piratical
methods against his competitors. Still, in spite of, or
perhaps because of imperious characters like Ben Holla-
day, stagecoaches gave American mail transportation an
adventurous aura before they lapsed into history.
No. 89-35
©1989 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Chris Calle
