Pacific Express Co., San Francisco., red oval handstamp (PAC-108) canceling on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire (Nesbitt backflap seal) to Dr. James Ord in Monterey, with matching red defunct Adams "Paid" in oval handstamp used as a frank, non-contemporary enclosure notation on reverse dating letter to May 9th, 1855, Very Fine, one of three known examples of this San Francisco handstamp in red. Scott No. U2  Estimate $200 - 300. Address to Dr. James Lycurgus Ord. Most historians now agree that he and his brothers are the illegitimate grandsons of King George IV. Fort Ord is named after his brother Edward. $0 (Image)