Feature Lot.
Lot 437 -
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 ....CV.
Sold for US$ 3,000
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