I caution against deferring to other articles notably David Von Pein articles who in turn defers to Dale Myers articles. And they all merely defer in general to the official story...
It was Oswalds rifle...Marina said she took the backyard pictures..yadda yadda---
This concerns the pistol order...
http://jfk-archives.blogspot.com/2010/08/dvp-vs-dieugenio-part-42.html I suppose it's possible that I'm wrong about how these types of "COD" transactions worked when companies shipped merchandise to P.O. Boxes, but if the PHYSICAL ITEM itself was actually shipped to P.O. Box 2915 (and Heinz Michaelis said it was in his WC testimony), then it means that the post office employees would be initially handling the money from Oswald (since, quite obviously, Oswald didn't set up camp and live right there inside his post office box as he waited for the delivery truck to show up with his pistol).
But, then too, only conspiracy theorists actually believe that all of this chaff about the REA paperwork is the slightest bit important. Reasonable people, however, can easily determine that Lee Harvey Oswald received revolver #V510210 from Seaport Traders in March 1963 and he killed Officer J.D. Tippit with that gun on 11/22/63 (regardless of any paperwork and red tape that might be missing from the official records of the Railway Express Agency).
Aside from all the usual un-necessary verbose droll.... DVP defers the history of the revolver sale to Dale Myers---
Quoting Mr. Myers:
"Upon arrival at the REA Express office in Dallas, notice was given to the consignee, Hidell. REA Express VP Robert Hendon testified that in a similar case, "a card was sent to the name and address" on the package.
"Presumably, a card was sent to Oswald's P.O. Box, notifying him that a package was to be picked up at the REA Express Office, located at 515 South Houston Street -- at the north end of the Houston Street viaduct.
"**Oswald's P.O. Box was at the Main Post Office in the Federal Building, 1114 Commerce** Street , on the south side, seven blocks east of Houston at Murphy. Both locations were along bus routes easily accessible from Oswald's Neely Street address.
"Once Oswald received the notification card at his P.O. Box, he simply took a bus back to the REA Express office -- presented the notification card, the balance due, and some form of identification -- and accepted delivery of the revolver.
"After REA Express had delivered the package to Oswald, the C.O.D. remittance document and the amount collected from Oswald, was forwarded to Seaport Traders. Once received, the C.O.D. remittance document was attached to the red copy of the invoice, indicating that the money had been collected and the package delivered. These documents were placed in the Seaport Trader files, where they were discovered by FBI agents on November 30, 1963.
There was still no proof that Oswald received the .38 and paid $19.95 regardless of the location.
There was just that paper that said Hidell ordered it.
Box 2915 was not located at 1114 Commerce St. It never was.
It was located at 400 N Ervay. It always was.
Both locations were along bus routes easily accessible from Oswald's Neely Street address.
If he ever had one.
