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| 425 |
Cover |
 Wells, Fargo & Co. San Francisco Feb 8,, blue oval on 3c Pink entire to New York City, blue handstamped "Banks & Co San
Francisco" cornercard, endorsed "per Steamer", and carried aboard the PMSS steamer Golden Age, black "Boyd's Dispatch 39 Fulton St. Mar 5 1867" circular datestamp and matching "Paid" applied upon arrival in New York, roughly reduced at right just
into indicia, otherwise very fine and attractive (Image 1)
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SOLD for $150.00
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| 426 |
Cover |
 Wells, Fargo & Co. San Francisco Nov 18,, blue oval handstamp on 1865 3c Pink entire with black Wells Fargo frank, addressed to
New York City, carried via PMSS steamer Constitution, black "Boyd's Dispatch 39 Fulton St. Dec 14" circular datestamp and matching "Paid", very fine and scarce conjunctive use (Image 1)
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SOLD for $150.00
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| 427 |
Cover |
 Wells, Fargo & Co. Virginia City, Montana Nov 1868,, blue double circle handstamp on 3c Pink entire with printed company frank,
addressed to New York City, black "Boyd's Dispatch 39 Fulton St." datestamp and "Paid" in circle applied upon arrival, one of only two such Wells Fargo covers originating from Virginia City to Boyd's, as well as
the latest known Wells Fargo to Boyd's cover (Image 1)
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SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-26, 02:56 PM |
| 428 |
Cover |
 Boyd's City Express Post May 17 12o'c,, red oval with two strikes of matching straightline "Free" on 1845 folded letter to the
"J.G. Bennett, Esq, Editor of the New York Herald", carried outside the mails from Southbridge, Massachusetts where this letter originated, very fine, fewer than six recorded examples of Boyd's free delivery to the press (a policy
Boyd had in place from the beginning), all from the spring of 1845 (Image 1)
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SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-26, 02:57 PM |
| 429 |
Cover |
 Boyd's City Express Post August 8,, black oval datestamp and matching "Paid J.T.B." framed handstamp on incoming
cover (ca. 1857) from Paris to New York, manuscript "Boyd 4o'c Aug 8" at top left, blue "Livingston, Wells & Co., Bankers, Paris" handstamp, "N. York Am. Pkt. 21 Aug 7" debit datestamp, couple small toned spots,
very fine and unusual use, carried under separate cover from Paris to an unknown London forwarder before reaching the New York mails, ex-Hahn (Image 1)
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SOLD for $150.00
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| 430 |
Cover |
 Boyd's Brooklyn City Express Post Sep 12 9o'c,, red oval datestamp on September 9, 1844 folded letter from Freehold to New York
City street address, vertical file folds including one through marking, very fine and rare, the earliest recorded Boyd's Brooklyn cover, this service was only in place from September 1844 to May 1845, ex-Golden (Image 1)
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| 431 |
Cover |
 Boyd's Brooklyn City Express Post Sep 12,, red oval on incoming folded letter, bootlegged from Philadelphia (datelined September
6, 1844), addressed to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, fine and interesting (Image 1)
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| 432 |
Cover |
 Boyd's Brooklyn City Express Post Nov 23 3o'c,, red oval datestamp on 1844 folded letter to Brooklyn, franked with Boyd's 1844 2c
Black on yellow green (20L2), margins large to just grazing at bottom, manuscript "X" cancel, very fine, the only recorded combination of this stamp and handstamp, ex-Schwartz, 2007 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Image 1)
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SOLD for $200.00
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| 433 |
Cover |
 Boyd's Brooklyn City Express Post Mar 2 o'c,, red oval handstamp on 1845 folded letter addressed within Brooklyn, contents make
reference to a court case beginning March 14, very fine strike and cover, this service was only in place from September 1844 to May 1845 (Image
1)
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| 434 |
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 Reward of Merit,, 1839 certificate awarded to a "Miss Betsey Preston" for "Diligence and good Behaviour", the left vignette
depicts the same "eagle on globe" design used for the first Boyd's issue (and adapted for later stamps), small faults, still a fine and attractive piece of ephemera, as there is no known pre-production material for the first Boyd's
stamps this is the perfect frontispiece for an exhibit (Image 1)
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SOLD for $55.00
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| 435 |
used |
 20L1, Boyd's City Express Post, 1844 2c Black on green (First Issue),, two full margins, just in at top and left, bold red
"Free" cancel, light surface wear, about fine appearance, a rare used example of the first Boyd's issue, very few off-cover stamps are known (Scott $1,000) (Image 1)
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SOLD for $200.00
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| 436 |
Coverfront |
 20L1, Boyd's City Express Post, 1844 2c Black on green (First Issue),, margins large to just in at top, cancelled with red
straightline "Free", on cover front only to local street address, red boxed "Boyd's City Express Post June 27 9 o'c" handstamp, vertical creases including one through stamp, very fine appearance, the earliest recorded use of the first Boyd's adhesive
just 10 days after John T. Boyd opened for business, an important local post item, ex-Golden (Scott $4,000 for full cover) (Image 1)
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| 437 |
Cover |
 20L1, Boyd's City Express Post, 1844 2c Black on green (First Issue),, 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). (Image 1)
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SOLD for $3,000.00
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| 438 |
Cover |
 20L2, Boyd's City Express Post, 1844 2c Black on yellow green (Second Issue),, 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) (Image 1)
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SOLD for $550.00
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| 439 |
Coverfront |
 20L2, Boyd's City Express Post, 1844 2c Black on yellow green (Second Issue),, 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 (Image 1)
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| 440 |
Cover |
 20L2, Boyd's City Express Post, 1844 2c Black on yellow green (Second Issue),, 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 (Image 1)
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SOLD for $150.00
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| 441 |
Cover |
 20L2, Boyd's City Express Post, 1844 2c Black on yellow green (Second Issue),, 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)
(Image 1)
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| 442 |
Cover |
 20L3, Boyd's City Express Post, 1845 2c Black on bluish green (Third Issue),, 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) (Image 1)
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| 443 |
Cover |
 20L3, Boyd's City Express Post, 1845 2c Black on bluish green (Third Issue),, 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) (Image 1)
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| 444 |
Cover |
 20L3, Boyd's City Express Post, 1845 2c Black on bluish green (Third Issue),, 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) (Image 1)
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