Lot 263
Freeman & Co., Sacramento, bold blue oval handstamp on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire with scarcer type red ribbon company frank, to San Francisco, manuscript "value $5.00, Paid 25¢" money package notation, upper left corner repair and backflap tear, still Very Fine, a choice strike.Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot 264
Forwarded By Freeman & Co's Express, San Francisco, nicely struck blue handstamp on 1851 folded letter to Sacramento City, vertical file fold and small tear at bottom, Very Fine, a scarce early Freeman marking.Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $115
Lot 265
Freeman & Co., Stockton, Aug. 2, blue oval handstamp on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire with red printed frank and matching red printed corner card for "Bisagno Brothers, Dealers in Crockery, Glassware, Hardware, &c" in Stockton, to the Bisagno Brothers store in San Francisco, Very Fine.Estimate $150 - 200.