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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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full margins, slightly oxidized as usual, used alongside 1853 3c Dull red (11A), both tied by black "New-York Jan 23" datestamp to cover to Craigville, New York, very fine and attractive use, 2010 Philatelic Foundation certificate
margins large to full, tied by black "Paid J.T.B." with second strike and "Boyd's City Express Post May 29 9" oval on 1856 cover to local street address, stamp light toning, still very fine and attractive, only about two dozen covers recorded (Scott $750)
die cut stamp tied by two strikes of black "Paid J.T.B." handstamp with matching "Boyd's City Express Post Sep 26 2" oval on locally-addressed cover, gold ink lightly oxidized, still very fine and scarce, only about two dozen covers known
margins large to just in at bottom, tied by black "New-York 5cts. Nov 11" integral rate datestamp to 1854 mourning cover to Baltimore, original enclosure, very fine and choice to-the-mails use (Scott $200)
die cut, tied by black cork with matching "New-York 5cts Dec 11" integral rate datestamp alongside, on 1854 folded letter to Troy, New York, very fine to-the-mails use, one of four die cut examples of the seventh Boyd's issue known on cover
die cut, tied by black "Paid J.T.B." (second strike alongside) to 1855 cover with matching "Boyd's City Express Post May 7 9" oval, stamp small faults, very fine appearance, rare die cut stamp on cover
two to-the-mails uses, first with stamp cut square (tied by black cork) on Bulls Head Hotel cornercard cover to Jay, New York; second stamp cut octagonally on cover to Mt. Pleasant, New York; each with red "New-York Paid 3 cts." datestamp and additional pencil notation, each with faults, still fine and presentable pair of covers (Scott $400)
vertical pair and irregular block of three, margins large to huge all around, without gum, small faults, very fine, a block of 15 is known of this issue with these being the only other recorded multiples (Scott $325 as singles)
enormous margins, tied by black "Paid J.T.B." two line handstamp with second strike alongside, matching "Boyd's City Express Post Dec 17" oval on 1855 cover to local street address, very fine and choice, the earliest recorded use of the green Eighth Issue stamp which was only in use for about a year (Scott $350)
margins large to clear at top, cancelled with black two-line "Paid J.T.B." handstamp with second strike alongside, matching "Boyd's City Express Post May 25 9o'c" oval, on 1856 cover to local street address with "Hudson River Railroad Service" cornercard from 12th Street Station, very fine and scarce, this stamp was only used for about one year (Scott $350)
die cut stamp tied by black "Paid J.T.B." with second strike alongside, matching "Boyd's City Express Post Jun 14 9" oval on locally-addressed illustrated invitation to a meeting of the Eleventh Regiment, New York State Militia ("Washington Guard"), very fine and attractive use (Scott $350)
huge margins, tied by "New-York June 19" datestamp alongside 1851 3c Dull red (11) to 1856 cover to Cornish Flat, New Hampshire, manuscript "Mail Direct", extremely fine, a wonderful to-the-mails use of one of the scarcer Boyd's issues which was in use for only about one year