Lot
507 
Gilbert & Hedges Express, Monterey, oval handstamp (GIL-101) on uncanceled 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire addressed to San Francisco, Very Fine, ex-Jessup. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
ONE OF TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THE GILBERT & HEDGES EXPRESS "MONTEREY" HANDSTAMP.
Gilbert & Hedges express operated around 1855 for approximately six months along the California coast from San Francisco south to San Diego. They may have extended as far south to the ports along the cost of Mexico and South America.