Bamber Express,
Oval Hand Stamp and Frank
| TYPE IX. | Hdst. Single lined oval, 33 x 55 m with 5 lines of inscription:J>BAMBER & CO.S BACON & HARDY – PAID – OAKLAND OFFICE – CONTRA COSTA EXPRESS
Color red.
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| TYPE IX.A | Double lined rectangular frame, 75 x 23 m., with truncated corners at right. PAID, in shaded white letters, extends across entire background of solid black. Inscription in three lines: BAMBER & COS EXPRESS; BACON & HARDY: OAKLAND OFFICE, slanting to right. Color black. |
A Handstamp. 93b
| Black on 1861 – | 3c. rose – white – | 3 – Die 15 – | |
| “ | ” ” buff – | 3 ” “ | 93g, e,k,b |
