Auction Detail
Fall Postal History 2022
Our Fall 2022 Postal History sale includes the John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post, the William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History, material from the collections of Steven M. Roth and Graham Booth, FRPSL, and much more.
- (-) Remove The John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post filter The John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post
includes mint envelopes: 20LU16, 20LU33, 20LU34, 20LU35, 20LU38, and 20LU44 (2); used envelopes: 20LU13, 20LU14, 20LU22, 20LU33, 20LU34 (2), 20LU35, 20LU37 (2), 20LU38 (3), 20LU43, and 20LU44 (3); additionally 20LUX4 with manuscript "Cancelled" (faults) and 20LUX9 mint, as well as two pre-cancelled stationery envelopes with saw-tooth oval handstamp, some faults to be expected but generally fine to very fine or better, a wonderful group which would be difficult to duplicate
approximately 150 items in total, all identified and accompanied by Mr. Bowman's notes, adhesives on cover including 20L2 (3), 20L3 (2), 20L4 (14, three from the Captain Atwood correspondence), 20L7 (11), 20L8 (4), 20L10 (3), 20L11 (2), 20L12 (2), 20L13, 20L14 (4), 20L16, 20L17-18 (8), 20L23 (3), 20L25, 20L35, 20L36, 20L43 (2), 20L44, 20L46, 20L47 (2), 20L53, 20L54 front, and 20L56 (4), also 41 stampless covers arranged chronologically with Bowman handstamp types identified for each, stamped envelopes including 20LU18, 20LU38 (3), and 20LU44, bank notices including 20LUX3 and 20LUX9, and more, generally fine to very fine, an extraordinary holding which will provide a wonderful foundation for an advanced collection, the amount of research that has already been done by Mr. Bowman is invaluable to the student of local posts (Scott $19,000+, not counting stampless)