The Example below shows usage as a prepaid frank that was used some time after payment of express charges unlike most know examples that were paid for and used at the time of purchase.
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Updated Jones & Russell's Pike's Peak Express handstamp used as prepaid frank
29 July 1859 Denver City, Kansas Territory to Springfield, Illnois
Jones & Russell's Pike's Peak Express handstamp
8 August 1859 entered U.S. mails with Leavenworth City, Kansas Territory postmark
Backstamp on cover above
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