5L1, American Letter Mail Co., 5c Black on thin paper, nicely margined single tied on folded letter sheet addressed to NY City by red oval of stars cancel, May 1 (1844) docketing, Very Fine; ex-Geisler (Scott $750) (Image)

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"Forwarded by American Mail Co. from No. 101 Chestnut Street, Philada." red circular handstamp (ALM-PHL-F10) on folded letter to Philadelphia datelined "Boston Sept 3 1844", barely legible red framed "Collect 6 1/2 cents/ Boston/ Office" at upper right (ALM-BOS-C01), some light aging along a couple of vetical file folds, one of them through the American Mail Co marking, Fine; 2000 PF certificate; ex-Morris (Image)

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"American Letter Mail Company./Office No. 12 State Street Boston." crisp red handstamp (ALM-BOS-F03) on folded letter addressed to Boston datelined "New York August 17th 1844", couple light vertical file folds with one through the marking, Fine (Image)

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"Forwarded by American Mail Co. from No. 101 Chestnut Street, Philada." red circular handstamp (ALM-PHL-F12) on undated folded letter addressed to NY City, additional boxed "Collect/ 6-1/4 cts./ New York/ Office" handstamp (ALM-NYC-C05) partially overlapped by an ms "6" rating, central vertical fold and bit of light aging at lower right, Fine use; ex-Hahn (Image)

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"Forwarded by the American Letter Mail Company Office 56 Wall St., N.Y." red oval handstamp (ALM-NYC-F09) on folded letter addressed to NY City datelined "Phila Oct 30 1844", blurred framed "Collect/ 6-1/4 cts./ New York/ Office" handstamp, vrtical file fold well away from markings, Very Fine (Image)

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"Forwarded by American Mail Co. from No. 109 Chestnut Street, Philada." lightly struck red handstamp (ALM-PHL-F10) on folded letter to Albany NY datelined "Philada Aug 9th 1844", additional red "PAID" handstamp (ALM-PHL-P01), Fine; ex-Hahn (Image)

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5L2, American Letter Mail Co., (5c) Black on gray, single affixed on folded letter addressed to NY City datelined "Phil Jany 7 1845", ms "X" cancel, ms "Single Paid" and with strike of red oval "Forwarded by the American Letter Mail Company Office 56 Wall St., N.Y." handstamp (ALM-NYC-F09), stamp irregular margins, couple file folds as usual incl horiz at bottom, Fine (Scott $350) (Image)

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5L2, American Letter Mail Co., (5c) Black on gray, single affixed on folded letter addressed to Hartford datelined "Newyork 5 July 1845", cancelled by "EHB" initials and with a light red "PAID" handstamp (ALM-NYC-P03) alongside along with an ms "2" for carrier delivery in Hartford, aging along a central vertical file fold, another fold at left through the stamp, o/w Fine (Scott $350) (Image)

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15L10, Blood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa, (2c) Black and blue uncancelled single (as usual) on folded letter sheet addressed to Hancock, Md, blue Philada Pa 5cts/ Sep 5 cds, stamp just clear to ample margins with small crease at bottom, Fine and scarce use; 2017 PF certificate (Scott $1,750) (Image)

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15L18, Blood's Penny Post, Philadelphia Pa, (1c) Black Assortment, a mint top margin block of 12, hand applied with brush o.g. (ex-Boker); accompanied by essays and trial color proofs on bond or india in all five colors (black, blue, dark brown, deep green, vermilion) with "PHILADELPHIA" spelled out in the essays being shortened to "PHILADa" in the proofs and issued stamp, Very Fine (Image)

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15L18, Blood's Penny Post, Philadelphia Pa, 1855 (1c) Black, single tied on envelope by red Blood's handstamp with an additional strike alongside, penciled notation "Moved" and portion of the address crossed out and evidently delivered to the second address line, a return address at lower right being unusual during this period, stamp margined top and right, into design other sides, still Fine and scarce; rnMarc Stromberg reported in "Penny Post" (Oct 2018) that this red double circle date stamp was used by Blood's for less than one week (Nov 22-26, 1858) and his census records just 14 covers, 2 of which are stampless. This cover is item 9 in the census. (Image)

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"Boyd's City/ Express Post/AUG 20 9 O'C" red framed handstamp on folded letter addressed to NY City datelined "Rochester 17th August 1844", additional "Collect 6¼" and "Single", Very Fine and attractive; conjuntive use (probably with Pomeroy's) indicated by the "collect" notation; ex-Jarrett (Image)

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20L13, Boyd's City Express, New York NY, 1856 2c Dull orange, just tied on small locally addressed envelope by partial strike of 2-line "PAID/ J.T.B." marking with another strike alongside, black oval "Boyd's City Express Post" date stamp at right, three-margined stamp on cover with some light aging, Fine (Scott $400) (Image)

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20L35, 1877 Boyd's City Dispatch (1c) Violet on lilac, tied by indistinct black "Paid" in circle cancel on cover to local New York address, purple "Boyd's City Dispatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y." November 7, 1878 cancel alongside, "Robert Colgate & Co." corner card, small part of flap missing but still Very Fine, a scarce and attractive use (Scott $450) (Image)

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Boyd's City Express Selection, nine covers, includes several types of earlier issues, "Mecury" issues, etc., includes: 20L4 (2), 20L10 (3), 20L56 (2), unused 20LU2, etc., few die cut or octagonally trimmed, few minor flaws, generally F-VF (Image)

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28L2, Brooklyn City Express Post, Brooklyn NY, 1855/64 1c Black on green, pen canceled with #65 (black cork) on irregularly shaped envelope addressed to Roxbury, Mass, enclosure (equally irregularly shaped) datelined "Brooklyn May 24th 1864", Brooklyn May 24 1864 cds at left, stamps small faults (3c torn), VG-Fine (Image)

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40L1P1, City Despatch Post, NY City, 1842 3c Black on grayish, Large die proof on laid paper, from the defaced die printed in 1892 with small portrait of "Hephaestus - God of the Forge", Very Fine; 2012 PF certificate (Image)

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40L2, (Mead's) Post Office City Despatch, New York NY, 1846 2c Black on green glazed, single cancelled but not tied by red framed "FREE" cancel on folded letter addressed to NY City datelined "Putnam Co near Cold Spring July 27 1845", red P.O. City Despatch Post Jul 28 4 O'Clock cds, stamp clear to large margins and corner crease, Fine (Scott $400) (Image)

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151L1, Friend's Boarding School, Barnesville Ohio, 1877 1c Black, nicely margined and affixed but uncancelled (as usual) on back side of envelope, address side with 3c Green tied by cork, Barnesville O. Dec. 2 duplex, addressed to Winona Ohio, 1879 pencil docketing on back, local stamp with faint edge toning (barely noticeable), Fine and scarce; 2010 PF certificate (Scott $400) (Image)

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71L4, Glen Haven Daily Mail, Glen Haven NY, 1c Black on green, uncancelled single (as usual) with diamonds in each corner on envelope with embossed cc (Harriet N Austin/ Water Cure Physician) with 3c 1851 (#11) addressed to NY City with the 3c tied by Scott NY Feb 17 town cancel, cover some water staining at edges, Fine use; 1990 PF certificate (Scott $1,000)rnThe Glen Haven Daily Mail was not a local post in the strictest sense but served as a supplemental post to bring mail from the water-cure facility to the post offices in neighboring Homer or Scott, NY. Letters were carried by daily stage to Scott then by railroad to the destination post offices. rnGlen Haven NY was a summer resort at the southern edge of Lake Skaneateles and in the mid-late 19th century was headquarters for a "Water Cure" health resort and an 1857 brochure described the healing properties and listed Harriet Austin as one of the attending physicians. As a side note, Harriet Austin was secretary of the National Dress Reform Association which, as the name suggests, encouraged reform of women's dress, especially long skirts, tight waists and modes incompatible with the refined taste of the day. (Image)

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Hale & Co., Philadelphia Pa, 1844 Folded Letter to NY City, datelined "Philada Oct 11 1844" and with legible strikes in red of the oval "Forwarded By Hale & Co. From 37 S Third St Philadelphia" and boxed "Collect Six Cents For Hale & Co.:", light vert file fold, Very Fine; 2011 PF certificate (Image)

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87L43, Hussey's Post, 1872 Black, single, clear to ample margins, tied by purple target cancel on locally used envelope with printed Republic Fire Ins. Co. corner card, small cover tear into corner card, otherwise Very Fine (Scott $300) (Image)

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"Kent Mills/Packet Post," embossed oval with ship vignette on folded Portsmouth, Ohio dry goods wholesaler's printed advertisement, Very Fine, apparently delivered locally by Kent Mills post; ex-Hahn (Image)

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"Pomeroy's Mail," red straight-line (PLE-HS-2) on printed folded letter addressed to Buffalo NY datelined New York July 24 1844, light strike of red framed "Collect/ 6-1/4 cts./ New York/ Office" handstamp (PLE-C-2), ms "Pomeroy's Express" at lower left, Very Fine in every respect, rare combination of the "Pomeroy's" and "Collect" markings (Image)

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134L1, Stringer & Morton's City Despatch, Baltimore Md, (1c) Gold on black glazed, affixed but not tied on an undated folded letter locally addressed in Baltimore, stamp creasing and tiny scrapes, cover toned, despite all that a rare use of this local issue, Roth's census included just 14 covers; 2009 PF certificate (Scott $650)rnStringer & Morton operated for only about three months (Oct 1850-Jan 1851) in Baltimore and was apparently suppressed by the Baltimore Post Office. (Image)

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