Jones & Russell's Pike's Peak Express Co./Denver City (Kansas Territory, now Colorado) Apr 12, 1860. Black circle handstamp (posthumous COC & PPE use) on cover to Saint Louis, Missouri, entered the mails with "Leavenworth City, K.T., Apr 20, 1860" cds tying 1857 3¢ dull red two singles paying the double rate, slightly reduced at left and right, a few small stains and edge nicks, top backflap mostly missing, Fine. Estimate  $200 - 300. This cover was sent after the freighting partnership of Russell, Majors, and Waddell had assumed ownership of Jones & Russell's stage line and express company, which was on October 28, 1859. The company was re-christened the Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Company (COC&PPE) on November 19, 1859. The COC&PPE was chartered in Kansas Territory on February 13, 1860. $0 (Image)

Jones & Russell's Pike's Peak Express Co./Denver City (Kansas Territory, now Colorado) Oct 27, 1859. Black circle handstamp on cover to Saint Louis, Missouri, entered the mails with "Leavenworth City, K.T., Nov 6, 1859" large cds tying 1857 3¢ dull red, repaired at top just affecting the company handstamp, top backflap mostly missing, Fine. Estimate  $150 - 200. This cover was sent the day before the freighting partnership of Russell, Majors, and Waddell assumed ownership of Jones & Russell's stage line and express company. $0 (Image)