Southern Express Company and Texas Express Company. Paid. frank (Haller FS8), green printed express company frank, used with 2c Brown (U278), cancelled by Feb. 10, 1883 New Orleans La. datestamp with duplexed '5' in oval grid killer, to Lawrence Ks., reduced at left, light edgewear and soiling, still quite fresh and nearly very fine, scarce, a somewhat obscure company supposed to have operated in Texas and the Gulf States, late 1880s