BROWNS EXPRESS, MURPHY'S (CAL.), MOSTLY CLEAR BLUE DOUBLE LINED OVAL EXPRESS COMPANY MARKING, MS. NOTATION 'PLEASE DELIVER', ON LEGAL SIZED COVER, FOR A JAN. 1854 DEPOSITION TO STOCKTON CAL., REDUCED AT R., EDGEWEAR, SLIGHT SOILING AND LIGHTLY TONED FILING FOLD, STILL VERY PRESENTABLE AND FINE, VERY SCARCE, THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY, WILLIAM A. BROWN, WAS MURDERED IN APR. 1853, BUT IT CONTINUED TO OPERATE IN HIS NAME UNTIL FEB. 1885, A JAN. 1, 1852 CLIPPED AD FOR THEIR SERVICE ACCOMPANIES