Also in the museum's new stamp exhibition:
** Stamps from the 1800s European colonies.
** A letter carried by a Pony Express rider who was caught and scalped by Indians in 1860. Settlers found it and sent it along with a note on the envelope describing circumstances.
** A seared letter that was on the Hindenburg when it caught fire in 1937. Burned letters were salvaged from the wreckage and all delivered. This one was going to Mr. John Schoonbrod, 320 W. 107 th St., New York, USA.
** The registered envelope in which jeweler Harry Winston shipped the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian, insuring the package for $1 million.
--DaCoot
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