FORWARDED BY BOWERS EXPRESS, SHARP STRIKE OF ORNAMENTED OVAL EXPRESS COMPANY MARKING, USED WITH RED SACRAMENTO CAL. DATESTAMP AND MATCHING '40' AND 'PAID', ALSO MS. 'PAID 40', TO WEST MILTON VT., LIGHT EDGEWEAR AND CREASING, STILL QUITE FRESH AND FINE, SUPERB STRIKE OF EXPRESS MARKING, THIS SMALL COMPANY OPERATED BETWEEN NEVADA CITY AND SACRAMENTO, CONNECTING THERE WITH FREEMAN & CO., BETWEEN 1849 AND 1851, THIS WAS PLACED IN THE U.S. MAIL AT SACRAMENTO FOR TRANS- CONTINENTAL SERVICE VIA PANAMA