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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.
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blue oval on 3c Pink entire to New York City, blue handstamped "Banks & Co San Francisco" cornercard, endorsed "per Steamer", and carried aboard the PMSS steamer Golden Age, black "Boyd's Dispatch 39 Fulton St. Mar 5 1867" circular datestamp and matching "Paid" applied upon arrival in New York, roughly reduced at right just into indicia, otherwise very fine and attractive
blue oval handstamp on 1865 3c Pink entire with black Wells Fargo frank, addressed to New York City, carried via PMSS steamer Constitution, black "Boyd's Dispatch 39 Fulton St. Dec 14" circular datestamp and matching "Paid", very fine and scarce conjunctive use
blue double circle handstamp on 3c Pink entire with printed company frank, addressed to New York City, black "Boyd's Dispatch 39 Fulton St." datestamp and "Paid" in circle applied upon arrival, one of only two such Wells Fargo covers originating from Virginia City to Boyd's, as well as the latest known Wells Fargo to Boyd's cover
red oval with two strikes of matching straightline "Free" on 1845 folded letter to the "J.G. Bennett, Esq, Editor of the New York Herald", carried outside the mails from Southbridge, Massachusetts where this letter originated, very fine, fewer than six recorded examples of Boyd's free delivery to the press (a policy Boyd had in place from the beginning), all from the spring of 1845
black oval datestamp and matching "Paid J.T.B." framed handstamp on incoming cover (ca. 1857) from Paris to New York, manuscript "Boyd 4o'c Aug 8" at top left, blue "Livingston, Wells & Co., Bankers, Paris" handstamp, "N. York Am. Pkt. 21 Aug 7" debit datestamp, couple small toned spots, very fine and unusual use, carried under separate cover from Paris to an unknown London forwarder before reaching the New York mails, ex-Hahn
red oval datestamp on September 9, 1844 folded letter from Freehold to New York City street address, vertical file folds including one through marking, very fine and rare, the earliest recorded Boyd's Brooklyn cover, this service was only in place from September 1844 to May 1845, ex-Golden
red oval on incoming folded letter, bootlegged from Philadelphia (datelined September 6, 1844), addressed to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, fine and interesting
red oval datestamp on 1844 folded letter to Brooklyn, franked with Boyd's 1844 2c Black on yellow green (20L2), margins large to just grazing at bottom, manuscript "X" cancel, very fine, the only recorded combination of this stamp and handstamp, ex-Schwartz, 2007 Philatelic Foundation certificate
red oval handstamp on 1845 folded letter addressed within Brooklyn, contents make reference to a court case beginning March 14, very fine strike and cover, this service was only in place from September 1844 to May 1845
1839 certificate awarded to a "Miss Betsey Preston" for "Diligence and good Behaviour", the left vignette depicts the same "eagle on globe" design used for the first Boyd's issue (and adapted for later stamps), small faults, still a fine and attractive piece of ephemera, as there is no known pre-production material for the first Boyd's stamps this is the perfect frontispiece for an exhibit
two full margins, just in at top and left, bold red "Free" cancel, light surface wear, about fine appearance, a rare used example of the first Boyd's issue, very few off-cover stamps are known (Scott $1,000)
margins large to just in at top, cancelled with red straightline "Free", on cover front only to local street address, red boxed "Boyd's City Express Post June 27 9 o'c" handstamp, vertical creases including one through stamp, very fine appearance, the earliest recorded use of the first Boyd's adhesive just 10 days after John T. Boyd opened for business, an important local post item, ex-Golden (Scott $4,000 for full cover)