#5L2, American Letter Mail Co., (5c) Black on gray, used single with large margins all around, neat ms. "X" cancel, with an additional red cancel at upper left, very fine; 2015 PF certificate. (Image)

CV. $250.00

#5L3, American Letter Mail Co., (5c) Blue on gray, ample margins to just touching at upper left, ms. initials cancel, on 1845 folded letter from Philadelphia to New York with red American Mail Company handstamp alongside, stamp with a tiny horizontal scuff at top right, very fine usage; this service was established in 1844 by Lysander Spooner and operated a mail route between New York, Philadelphia and Boston in competition with the U.S. Post Office, this continued for only a short time before such competition was outlawed in June 1845 shortly after this letter was sent on 10th June; only approximately a dozen genuine covers with this stamp are known; 2017 PF certificate; ex-Gibson. (Image)

CV. $5,000.00