Camel Express Covers?

OK these are obviously not mine but I find them intriguing. I have never heard of Camel Express. This seems to be a "revival of" set of letters from the Philatelic club of Los Angeles but I'm wondering if the original Camel Express covers adorned such a mark or if anyone knows an more about this? Fascinating the things one finds whilst rummaging through an auction site. Thank you for your time and here is the link.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Different...uc564823af2d

Hi. I have at least one of these in my collection. Mine has a lavender-colored Camel sticker with a bulls-eye mark on it (not postal, Nov. 4, 1935) and was sent by mail on Nov. 5 (LA postmark).

Inside of mine are two LA Times clippings (one from Nov. 6, 1935) with a photo of three camel handlers leading the camels (with mail bags) thru the strees of LA; the other is dated Jan. 5 (no year), but of the same era.

The Nov. 6 article:
"History Repeats Itself in Postal Service"

Part of article:
"Three shambling camels loaded down with more than 7000 letters plodded into Los Angeles early yesterday morning.

"Unconcerned by the stares of pedestrians and the shouts of school children, the trio of desert ships wound down from Cahuenga Pass and ambled straight into the heart of Hollywood. Here they drew up before the Vine street postoffice.

"It was no ordinary occasion.

"Sponsored by the Los Angeles Philatelic Club, the camels were the principal actors in a drama that took Los Angeles back seventy years to the days when the Lightning Dromedary Express carried the mail from old Fort Tejon in the Tehachapis to the Southland."

next graph says who was on hand ...

last graph:

"The great bundles of letters were franked with special Camel Express stamps - of no intrinsic value now but, according to collectors, potentially of untold worth."

The second article - dated Jan. 5 (of same era, but not sure year):
Headline: "Grave of early Arizona camel driver marked"

"Quartzsite, Ariz - Gov. B.B. Moeur dedicated a monument today marking the grave of Hadki ALi, colorful character of the era of camel transportation in Arizona 75 years ago.

"Hadji Ali, known to pioneer cowmen and prospectors as 'Hi Jolly,' came to the United States 79 years ago as one of several drivers brought from Syria with a herd of camels. It was planned to use the camels in transporting freight across the Arizona and California deserts from El Paso, Texas.

"The experiment failed because the sharp desert rocks cut their feet."

Hope that helps!

There is a third partial article here that explains the camel mail scheme as the idea of George R. Glidden, who served as a counsel to the Middle East. It was pre-Civil War apparently and he was supported by Jefferson Davis

Hope that helps!

That's very helpful! Thank you. I thought they were very interesting and for anyone to say that they aren't worth anything is just complete bull IMO. I'd pay for them, so I guess it's worth what ever someone is willing to pay for them really. Again, Thank you for your time.

TY .. I paid for one for what that is worth. I am like that, though, a tad eclectic. And I like event covers, especially pre-1980. And I find it's especially hard to find anything that isn't a "Naval," "Airport," "First Flight" or "Washington Bicentennial" prior to the 1935. There are some, certainly, but not too many interesting ones.