Thompson & Co.'s Express, Santa Rosa, clear blue oval handstamp (THM-100) on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Petaluma, with printed box "Paid Over Thompson & Co's & Wells, Fargo & Co's, California Routes" frank; trivial edge wear, Very Fine, one of five examples known from this express and the only example carried entirely by Thompson. Estimate  $1,000 - 1,500. E.B. Thompson ran from Petaluma and Santa Rose then on to Healdsburg. He connected with Wells, Fargo & Co. in Santa Rose and acted as a feeder route for them into that location. $0 (Image)