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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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four huge margins, faint red cancel, used on 1845 folded letter to Toronto, Canada, red "New-York 10 cts 29 Aug" integral-rate datestamp, manuscript "10" rate, black "City of Toronto Se 2" datestamp in arc, vertical file fold away from stamp, gum toning ties stamp through paper, fine and scarce cross-border cover, ex-Golden
large margins, tied by red cancel with matching "Paid J.T.B." and "Boyd's City Express Post Sept 8 9o'c" oval on 1845 folded letter to local street address, very fine and attractive combination of markings, a pretty cover (Scott $250)
octagonal margins just in at left, red cancel, on 1845 folded letter from the Captain Atwood correspondence, sent prepaid with blue "Philadelphia Pa. Oct 22" datestamp and matching "5" in circle to New York City street address, forwarded by the New York City post office to Frankfort, Maine with red "New-York 10cts. 23 Oct" datestamp, very fine, a rare legitimate attempted use of a Boyd's stamp on incoming mail
huge margins, black cancel, on 1847 folded letter to Philadelphia, red "New-York 5cts 16 Oct" handstamp, upon arrival in Philadelphia forwarded to Carlisle, Pennsylvania with blue "Philadelphia Pa. Oct 18" datestamp and matching "Forwarded" in oval, horizontal crease affecting stamp, very fine appearance, an attractive and colorful cover
huge margins, black grid cancel, on 1848 cover to Saint John, New Brunswick, red "New-York 10cts 16 May" integral-rate datestamp with matching "Paid" in arc, endorsed "Paid 10 - to the Lines", May 20 arrival backstamp, lower left corner with stamp re-affixed, otherwise fine and attractive cross-border use
cut to shape, tied by black grid on incoming folded lettersheet from Liverpool, postmarked November 10, 1848 and carried aboard Cunard's Cambria (departed November 11), manuscript "1/" rate, arrived in New York on November 25 and rated "24" due (retaliatory period), received by "Care of" addressee and reposted through Boyd's, red "Boyd's City Express Post Nov 28 12" oval and matching "Paid J.T.B.", stamp small fault from placement, otherwise very fine and attractive, a wonderful use on an incoming transatlantic cover
large margins including frameline at left, vivid color without a trace of the oxidation so often seen on this issue, without gum, tiny hinge remnant, very fine and choice (Scott $600)
large margins, on locally-addressed 1848 folded letter, red "Boyd's City Express Post Dec 15 2" oval handstamp at right, certificate mentions "small area of ink smearing at bottom and a small surface scuff in the "O" of "Boyd's"" which we feel do not detract from the lovely appearance of this cover, very fine, fewer than six covers are known with the Fourth Issue gold "social" stamp (most of which have the stamp cut to shape), this cover certainly ranking amongst the finest, 2006 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $1,750)
irregular block of 13, variety the fourth stamp of the bottom row (tiny tear at bottom), original gum, small faults including light creases, very fine appearance
die cut stamp tied by black grid with matching "Paid J.T.B.", red "Boyd's City Express Post Jan 8 9" oval on 1849 folded letter to local street address, very fine and choice, the earliest recorded Boyd's die cut stamp on cover
large margins, tied by black grid to folded letter to Philadelphia, red "New York & Philadelphia R.R. Apr 25" datestamp and matching "5", letter datelined "New York Bar April 24th 1849", written by Captain Stephen Coulter to his "Dear fond beloved devoted wife" while waiting for the tide to lift the Maid of Orleans past the sand bar it was stranded on to reach the Atlantic Ocean, very fine, the letter was given to a pilot boat captain to mail on his return to New York City, it was handed to an agent of Boyd's at the dock who in turn took it to the train station where it was accepted by the route agent, Captain Coulter evidently paid the pilot in cash (2c to Boyd's, 5c to the post office), an extraordinary Boyd's use, for more information see John D. Bowman's article "Crossing the Bar: A Letter Carried by Pilot Boat Captain to Boyd's City Express" in the May 2017 Chronicle (Vol. 69, No. 2)
die cut stamp tied by black grid and red "New-York 3cts 18 Aug" datestamp to ca. 1849 cover to New Brunswick, New Jersey, pencil "2 ct" at top left, very fine and attractive tied example