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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.
- The John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post (218) Apply The John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post filter
- Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection (57) Apply Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection filter
- Main catalogue (13) Apply Main catalogue filter
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perforated 12½, tied by purple "Boyd's City Despatch 1 Park Place, N.Y. Paid Jul 8 1881" oval to locally-addressed cover, cornercard for India rubber goods, very fine and scarce (Scott $325)
tied by purple "Boyd's City Dispatch 1 Park Place, N.Y. Paid Jan 9 1882" oval to Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company cover to local street address, slightly reduced at left and small tear at top, otherwise very fine and scarce, the earliest recorded use of this stamp on laid paper (Scott $125)
tied by purple "Boyd's City Dispatch 1 Park Place, N.Y. Paid Jun 1 1882" oval to locally-addressed cover, handstamped cornercard, barest trace of toning on perf tips, very fine, the earliest known use of this stamp (Scott $400)
tied by purple "Boyd's City Dispatch 1 Park Place, N.Y. Paid Jan 10 1883" oval to gray all-over advertising cover for "William F. Uptegrove & Bro. Steam Band and Veneer Saw Mill" to Montgomery, New York, small tears along top edge, still very fine appearance (Scott $400)
perforated 12x12 (just in at bottom), tied by purple "Boyd's City Despatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y., Paid Dec 21 1881" oval handstamp to locally-addressed cover, cornercard for S.B. Goodale & Co. real estate brokers, cover with small toned spot at bottom right, very fine and deceptively rare, 2000 Philatelic Foundation certificate, ex-Golden (Scott $200)
perforated 16, tied by purple "City Circular Dispatch 1 Park Place Boyd's" oval handstamp to locally-addressed cover, very fine and choice, ex-Middendorf (Scott $225)
four covers, each with stamp tied by purple "Boyd's City Despatch 1 Park Place, N.Y. Paid" oval, covers include: July 11, 1882 with Health Department cornercard and purple serifed "Special"; November 20, 1882 with sans-serif "Special.", ex-Knapp; January 6, 1883 with matching Maltese cross; and February 19, 1883 with cornercard for lithographers and printers; all very fine and choice, a nice selection of markings used on the last Boyd's stamps (Scott $400)
perforated 12, tied by purple "Boyd's City Despatch 1 Park Place, N.Y. Paid Oct 24 1885" oval to locally-addressed cover, Silk Association of America cornercard, extremely fine, the latest known legitimate use of a Boyd's stamp, an important cover, ex-Golden
mint entire, trivial stain at lower right, very fine and choice, ex-Golden (Scott $175)
mint entire, very fine and choice in all respects, offset ink inside envelope indicates this is an original and not a reprint (Scott $175)
mint entire, light stains at left, still fine and extremely rare, ex-Chapman and Schwartz, signed Sloane (Scott listed but unpriced)
mint entire, trivial toning and vertical crease, still very fine and exceedingly rare, ex-Schwartz (Scott listed but unpriced)