full margins, small tear and enamel chips at bottom, red "Free" cancel and matching "Boyd's City Express Post Dec 30 2o'c" oval handstamp on 1844 cover front only to Princeton, New Jersey, red "New-York Dec 30" datestamp, manuscript "10" rate, small tear at top and clipped corner, despite faults this is a very rare and early to-the-mails Boyd's use, ex-Abt and Golden