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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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two die-cut singles tied by black corks to ca. 1850 redirected cover front, matching black "Boyd's City Express Post Oct 27 2" oval and "Paid J.T.B.", very fine, the only recorded use of two examples of this issue on cover
large octagonal margins, black cork cancel, on 1850 folded lettersheet to Philadelphia, red "New York & Phlia. R.R. Dec 23" datestamp and matching "5" rate handstamp, fine and choice, taken to the train agent after the post office had closed
large margins, pre-application crease, tied by black grid to 1850 folded lettersheet to Wurttemberg, Germany, delivered by Boyd's directly to Havre Line ship (not handled by the US post), entered the French mails with red "Outre-Mer Le Havre 26 Sept. 50" double circle datestamp, rated "22" due with additional "18/4" in crayon (18kr to France, 4kr to Germany), French and German backstamps, light wear and bleaching around the edges, still a fine and rare Transatlantic Boyd's cover, 1981 Philatelic Foundation certificate
margins large to full, black cork cancel, on 1850 envelope to Baltimore, red "New York & Phlia. R.R. Dec 28" datestamp and matching "5" rate handstamp, fine and attractive, taken to the train agent after the post office had closed
large margins including framelines at top and bottom, tied by black cork, black "Boyd's City Express Post Jan 23 9" oval handstamp and matching "Paid J.T.B." on 1851 cover to local address, very fine, stamp clearly shows arc through eagle's torso which was not completely erased from a previous entry, a desirable on-cover example of this variety
large margins, cork cancel, on cover addressed to New York City post office box, red "New-York 2cts Apr 28" integral-rate datestamp, very fine, Boyd's carried this cover to the post office where it was "dropped", an unusual use, ex-Schwartz, 2006 Philatelic Foundation certificate
die cut stamp with black cork cancel, on 1851 cover to Philadelphia with red "New-York Paid 3cts Oct 25" datestamp, pencil "Paid 05", fine and attractive to-the-mails use
die cut stamp tied by red "New-York Paid 3cts. Oct 2" datestamp to 1851 folded letter to Peekskill, New York, additional black cork cancel, pencil "3" and manuscript "Paid 5", stamp small fault from cover crease, fine appearance, attractive tied to-the-mails use
huge margins including four complete frame lines, black cork cancel, tied by "New-York May 27" datestamp to 3c Nesbitt entire addressed to Washington, DC, extremely fine and attractive, a scarce to-the-mails use on a government stamped envelope
large margins, tied by black cork cancel to 3c Nesbitt entire addressed to Philadelphia, "New-York Jun 3" datestamp, very fine and attractive to-the-mails use on a government stamped envelope
die cut, tied by black "Paid J.T.B." with several additional strikes alongside, matching "Boyd's City Express Post Feb 8" oval on 6c Green Nesbitt entire, redirected by Boyd's to new street address, very fine and rare use of a Boyd's stamp on a 6c entire, ex-Knapp
bottom sheet margin block of 15, bright white paper and fresh gold color (no oxidation), without gum, extremely fine, the largest known multiple for the issue