Freeman & Co.'s Express/Grass Valley. Black oval handstamp on 1853-55 10¢ green Nesbitt entire with green company frank to Winchester, Virginia, entered the mails with "New-York, May 14" large cds, entire with light vert. fold, Very Fine and attractive, a very rare trans-continental usage of a Freeman entire. Estimate  $300 - 400. Freeman's printed green franks on 10¢ stamped envelopes borrowed the "Through Our California & Atlantic Express" terminology used on Wells Fargo's printed red franks. Similarly, Freeman's printed red franks on 3¢ stamped envelopes borrowed the "Over Our California & Coast Routes" terminology used on Wells Fargo's printed black franks, which Wells Fargo had in turn borrowed from the printed black franks introduced by Adams & Co. before that company failed. The improvement made by Freeman was to match the color of his printed franks to the color of the envelope stamps. $0 (Image)