Todd & Bryan's Express. Shield express handstamp with manuscript ($)"2" rate inside shield on part folded cover (missing side flaps) addressed to Pillsbury Hodgkins, Stockton with "Brookline, N.H." manuscript postmark & matching "40" rate, portion of contents include, I suppose you are digging up that which the love of is the root of all evil., below manuscript date & rate at left is manuscript "Mormon "Advertized". 10" in pencil, small mended tear at bottom just affecting marking, Very Fine and attractive, a rare early California Express Company, ex-Polland. Estimate  $500 - 750. Pillsbury Hodgkins, nicknamed "Chips", was a celebrated Express character of early gold rush mining days, who served with Wells Fargo & Company. $0 (Image)