J.P. Wharton's Express. Paid., printed express company frank in a fancy box with pointing hands, used with vertical pair 1c Blue, 3c Rose, 10c Green (63 two, 65, 68), several with small defects, tied by grid of boxes, matching double circle Marysville Cal. datestamp, to Osterholz Germany, July 1863, red 'N. York Hamb. Pkt. Paid 10', other appropriate transit markings, edgewear and light toning, still quite fresh, appears nearly very fine, very scarce Trans-Atlantic of a rare express frank, this company operated from Gibsonville Cal. to various mining towns, 1862-1864 only, illustrated in Nathan