Pioneer Express Company, Mobile Ala., ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED PIONEER EXPRESS COMPANY ADVERTISING USES.
U.S. 3¢ pink on buff entire (Scott U59) with blue "Pioneer Express Company, Headquarters, 48 North Royal Street, Mobile, Ala. Branch Offices at Montgomery, Selma, Demopolis and Gainesville Ala.; Meridan, Columbus, Corinth, Jackson and Grenada, Miss.; Memphis and Jackson, Tenn.; and Columbus KY. Agents at all intermediate stations." printed corner card, addressed to Wahalak Station, M & O (Mobile & Ohio) R.R., Miss., top flap removed
48 North Royal Street was located near the railroad yard on the waterfront. After the war Adams Express opened its Mobile office just a few doors away at 36 North Royal. The Pioneer Express Company was the second largest C.S.A. express company in the Confederate States. The first announcement of services appeared in the April 12th and Apr. 24th 1862 Times-Picayune of New Orleans. The company subsequently announced in the Jun. 26th 1862 Mobile Register that it was operating over the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, which operated from Mobile Ala. to Jackson Miss. through Meridian and Corinth Miss. Eight weeks later, the company advertised service over all stations on the Alabama and Tennessee Railroad in the Aug. 27th 1862 Mobile Register.
Dr. Daniel Knowles' census published in the Civil War Philatelist, Vol. 66 No. 3, 3rd Qtr 2021, pp. 14-27, lists this as #20. A copy of his census accompanies.
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