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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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large margins all around, tied by red "New-York Jul 8" circular datestamp to 1844 folded letter to Peekskill, New York, additional red "Free" straightline, manuscript "2" (probably a Boyd's marking) and "10" rate, pencil "Paid", very fine, an extremely rare to-the-mails use of the first Boyd's stamp, only about 18 covers with this stamp are known with this being a fairly recent discovery (2003) in a family correspondence, it has never been offered publicly before and ranks amongst the most important and desirable Boyd's covers in existence (Scott $4,000)
Only about 22 covers with this stamp are recorded. An illustrated census was recently published by John D. Bowman, David Wilcox, Ph.D., and Lawrence LeBel in the April 2022 Penny Post (Vol. 30, No. 2).
large margins, cancelled with red straightline "Free" on printed letter to local street address, matching boxed "Boyd's City Express Post Sep 12 3o'c" handstamp, stamp tied by docketing, small corner creases, otherwise very fine and attractive, this is the earliest known use of the second Boyd's issue and one of two uses with the red octagonal postmark, 1993 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $450)
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
margins large to clear at top, small surface scuffs as usual, red "Free" cancel and matching "Boyd's City Express Post Jan 2 2o'c" oval handstamp on 1845 folded letter to Exeter, New York, manuscript "8" rate, red "New-York Jan 2" datestamp, very fine, an early Boyd's to-the-mails cover
margins mostly large, tied by red "Paid" to 1845 folded letter to Setauket, Long Island, matching red "Boyd's City Express Post Feb 6 2o'c" oval, red New York datestamp and manuscript "10" rate, very fine and attractive to-the-mails use (Scott $450)
margins large to just touching at right, tied by red "Free" handstamp with matching "Boyd's City Express Post Feb 14 o'c" oval (no delivery time for Valentine's Day), cover with small tears, otherwise very fine and attractive, the earliest known use of the Third Issue Boyd's stamp (Scott $500)
cut octagonal, tied by red "Free" handstamp with matching "Boyd's City Express Post Feb 19 9o'c" oval, red "New-York Feb 19" datestamp and "18¾" manuscript rate on 1845 folded letter to South Egremont, Massachusetts, light overall wear, still fine and rare to-the-mails use (Scott $500)
cut octagonal, tied by red "Free" handstamp with matching "Boyd's City Express Post Feb 27 2o'c" oval, red "New-York Feb 27" datestamp and blue manuscript "25" rate on 1845 lettersheet to Lebanon, Tennessee, very fine and choice to-the-mails use (Scott $500)
large margins, couple trivial corner creases, red "Free" cancel and matching "Boyd's City Express Post Mar 12 4o'c" oval datestamp on 1845 folded letter to Cincinnati, Ohio, stamp tied by red "New-York Mar 13" datestamp, manuscript "25" rate, very fine to-the-mails use of the Third Issue Boyd's stamp, ex-Abt and Golden
unused with large even margins, affixed to card, very fine, note from Bowman indicates "this is the only unused 20L4 that I have found in over 30 years of looking", a great rarity (Scott listed but unpriced)
large margins, light surface wear, cancelled with red "Free" on 1845 folded letter to Troy, New York, matching "Boyd's City Express Post May 30 2o'c" oval, manuscript "12½" rate and red "New-York May 30" datestamp, very fine, the earliest recorded use of the fourth Boyd's issue
margins in at top and bottom and light surface wear, red cancel and matching "Boyd's City Express Post Aug 11 2o'c" oval on 1845 folded letter to local street address, very fine appearance