Alta Express Co., Paid, fancy company frank in black on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to San Francisco with manuscript endorsement "With $140 Gold Dust", flap with colorless embossed corner card of Grocer in Georgia Slide, Cal. (a mining area near Georgetown); cover with light vertical fold & light soiling, F.-V.F. Estimate  $200 - 300. $0 (Image)

Alta Express Co., Paid, black company printed frank (Haller FA3 type 2) on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to San Francisco with manuscript "Greenwood, Sep 21" (El Dorado) (note: this is not a Post Office marking since no state or year); most of backflap missing, Very Fine, a rare usage, one of two manuscript Greenwood origin notations recorded, ex-Tatham. Estimate  $300 - 400. $0 (Image)