Southern Express Co. "Three Gatherings". 10 covers, nine with large red "Unclaimed" labels on backs, one with "Forwarded by Adams Express Co. from New Orleans, Louisiana" black on orange label on front, several are 3c Pink entires and one franked with 3c Rose (65), mixed condition with faults to be expected as usual for these post-war express covers, in the wake of the war much of the government mail service was disrupted or not in operation in the South and the gap was filled by private express companies, by 1869 a large amount of unclaimed mail had accumulated in the Southern Express Company offices, the covers were ordered sent to Memphis in three collections in April, June and August, these "Three Gatherings" covers were labeled as they arrived, 60 years later the ones that could never be delivered were discovered in an old basement

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