(In March 1861, the Pony Express set a record for transcontinental ... At the beginning of the [Civil] War, all existing postal stamps were demonetized so the Confederacy couldn’t use them.” ...

1847 saw the first issued stamps. And then the famed Pony Express debuted in 1860. In 1896, it began delivering to some rural addresses, meaning residents no longer had to go to the town post ...