Thanks! Isn't Google amazing?!?!? On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 5:52 AM, CFIAII <roccos1023@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Sometimes I think that the Pony Express would be faster and more reliable > that our current U.S. Postal system. > > Historic Envelope Valued at $300,000 Up for Auction > > Tuesday , November 24, 2009 > > AP > > HONOLULU — > A New York gallery will auction off what is believed to be one of three > known surviving historic envelopes postmarked on the first day of the Pony > Express. > > The envelope postmarked April 3, 1860, is valued at $300,000. It is among > 63 items owned by 88-year-old Thurston Twigg-Smith that will be sold Dec. 5 > by Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries in New York. Twigg-Smith is the former > publisher of The Honolulu Advertiser in Hawaii. > > It estimates the collection's value is $2.5 million or more. > > Twigg-Smith also will auction one of two surviving Pony Express letters > that originated in Hawaii. It is valued at $500,000. > > The Pony Express lasted 19 months, shuttling mail 1,900 miles from St. > Joseph, Mo., to San Francisco. > _____________ > > > I found this movie review when I Googled > Pony Express and "Colby": > > Dead Man's Gulch > > > Starring: > Frank > Brownlee, > Al Taylor, > Rex Lease > > > This > lightning-paced Republic western stars Don "Red" Barry as lawman > Tennessee Colby. When sinister forces try to prevent a congressional > investigation of shady freight-line activities, Colby swings into > action. The problem: Among the bad guys is Colby's best friend, Tommy > Logan (Bud McTaggart). The sheriff wavers in his loyalties until Logan > adds cold-blooded murder to his list of crimes. This is one film that > cries out for comedy relief, which is provided in excess by Emmet > "Pappy" Lynn. Dead Man's Gulch manages to pack of passle of plot in its > brief 58 minutes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide. > DEAD MAN'S GULCH - > DON "RED" BARRY - 1943 > When the Pony Express disbands, riders Tennessee Colby and Johnny head for > Adobe Wells. Tennessee becomes the Deputy Marshal while Johnny joins an > outlaw gang. It's not long before Tennessee catches Johny attempting murder. > As Johhnny is his best friend, he gives him another chance. But to no avail > as Johnny murders a man and this time Tennessee must do his duty. > > Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Clancy Cooper, Emmett Lynn > BLACK AND WHITE - 55 MINUTES > > ---------------------- > I love the part about a congressional investigation. LOL! > > > > HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING! > > Bob Colby > > > ============================= > Colby list archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/COLBY/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COLBY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -- Alice Colby Volkert www.volkertservices.com skype Alice.Volkert In God We Trust