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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>One Morningside Drive North </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Building B &#150; Suite 300
</I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Westport, Connecticut 06880 </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:56%"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">December&nbsp;11, 2006 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U><B>VIA EDGAR AND TELECOPIER</B> </U></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Division of Corporation Finance </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities and Exchange Commission
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">100 F Street, N.E. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Daniel Morris, Esq. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Re:</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Velocity Express Corporation</B> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Post-Effective
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>File Number 333-132132</U></B> </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Morris: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to Rule 477 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), Velocity Express Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), hereby requests withdrawal, effective immediately, of Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 (&#147;Amendment
No.&nbsp;1&#148;) to its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-132132) (the &#147;Old Registration Statement&#148;), together with all exhibits thereto. Amendment No. 1 was initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on October&nbsp;30, 2006. No securities were sold pursuant to Amendment No. 1, and Amendment No. 1 was never declared effective. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At 4:00
p.m., eastern standard time, on December&nbsp;8, 2006, the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-138330) (the &#147;New Registration Statement&#148;) was declared effective. The New Registration Statement, by virtue
of Rule 429 under the Securities Act, also constituted a post-effective amendment to the Old Registration Statement. Accordingly, Amendment No.&nbsp;1 has been superseded. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Please call Alex Gendzier of King&nbsp;&amp; Spalding at (212)&nbsp;556-2325, or Sterling M. Dorish of King&nbsp;&amp; Spalding LLP at
(212)&nbsp;827-4054, if you have any questions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Very truly yours,</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Edward W. Stone</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Edward W. Stone</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mark T. Carlesimo, Esq </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Alexander A. Gendzier, Esq.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sterling M. Dorish, Esq. </FONT></P>
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