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Locals continued...

Blood's continued...
Lot Symbol Catalog No Descrip Opening
16049 15lU6a imageBlood's Dispatch, Red on Buff Wove Paper, 15LU6A, Entire with Red "Bank of the Northern Liberties" Handstamp at Corner
The cover used locally in Philadelphia with Blood's "OCT. 9, 1859" datestamp.

Certificates: PF 610026
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Estimate Range:150 to 250US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16050 15LU8 imageBlood's Dispatch, 15LU8, Red on Amber Laid Paper, 1856 Local Use Ladies Envelope
February 26, 1856 Blood's datestamp.

Certificates: PF 610432
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Estimate Range:150 to 200US$

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Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16051 94 imageBlood's Type 10 Handstamp on Illustrated Advertising Cover with #94 "F" Grill
With a PF Certificate which states, "BLOOD'S TYPE 10 HANDSTAMP ON "SEEDS AND FARM MACHINERY" ADVERTISING COVER WITH SINGLE "F". GRILL WITH BLUE QUARTERED CORK CANCEL AND MATCHING "PHILAD'A, PA. FEB 22 (1869)" PMK TO GERMANTOWN, PA, BLACK "CARRIER FEB 23" HANDSTAMP. AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT IT IS A GENUINE USE, THE COVER WITH A REPAIRED TEAR AT TOP, THE STAMP WITH TONED PERFS AT TOP."

Certificates: PF 602749
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Estimate Range:200 to 300US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
Bouton's Manhattan Express
Lot Symbol Catalog No Descrip Opening
16052 Stamp 17L1 imageBouton's Manhattan Express, 2c Black on Pink,17L1, Unused, Cut to Shape, Signed George Sloane
Only 8 or 9 Reported

Fine, a very rare stamp.

Provenance: Ex Sloane, Schwartz
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Estimate Range:600 to 800US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
Bouton's City Dispatch Post
Lot Symbol Catalog No Descrip Opening
16053 Stamp 18L2 imageBouton's Post, 18L2, 2c Black on Gray Blue, Used with Red "PAID/BOUTON'S" Cancel
Stamp with a thin and a hinge remnant.

Certificates: PF 610099
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Estimate Range:150 to 200US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
Boyd's
Lot Symbol Catalog No Descrip Opening
16054 20L2 imageBoyd's City Express, 20L2, 2c Black on Yellow Green, Cut to Shape on 1845 Folded Philadelphia Circular
Carried Outside the Mails

Red "JAN 15" Boyd's City Express Post oval handstamp, originating in Philadelphia. The folded circular addressed to Messrs. Boyd & Anderson, Pacific Hotel, Greenwich Street in New York City, offering a “spacious and fashionable hotel in Philadelphia.”

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Estimate Range:250 to 300US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16055 20L3 imageBoyd's City Express,2c Black on Bluish Green, 20L3, with Cork Cancel on 1846 Folded Letter, Red Oval Company Handstamp and Matching "PAID J.T.B."


Certificates: PF 551235
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Estimate Range:250 to 300US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16056 20L3 imageBoyd's City Express, 20L3, 2c Black on Bluish Green on 1840 Folded Letter to Connecticut
Very Fine To-The-Mails Usage

Red Boyd's Mar. 3 Oval Company Handstamp with red "New-York/Mar/4" circular datestamp and blue manuscript "10" Addressed to Norwalk, Connecticut. Noted on backflap: "R Rowley / 2nd March 1840"

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Estimate Range:250 to 300US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16057 20L7 imageBoyd's City Express, 20L7, 2c Black on Green Glazed, Tied on Local Cover with Straightline "PAID J.T.B" and Oval Company Handstamp
Extremely Fine, Stamp with Large Margins All Around



Provenance: Ex Erivan
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Estimate Range:125 to 150US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16058 20L7, 11 imageBoyd's City Express, 1848, 2c Black on Green Glazed, 20L7, on Cover with #11 3c Dull Red
With Gold on Purple Company Label

OCT 16 from New York to Mobile, Alabama with Gold on purple company label. The stamp with a light diagonal crease, the cover also with light diagonal creases.

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Estimate Range:200 to 250US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16059 20L8, 11A imageBoyd's City Express, 20L8, 2c Black on Green, Cut to Shape and Tied by "PAID J.T.B." with #11A 3c Dull Red, Horizontal Pair on Cover to New York
Boyd's oval datestamp from San Francisco to New York Addresses, and address corrected. The cover with faults, but a scarce usage.

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Estimate Range:400 to 500US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16060 20L12 imageBoyd's City Express, 20L12, 2c Brick Red on Local New York Cover
Boyd’s handstamp and indistinct datestamp. The cover with water stains and torn at top right.

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Estimate Range:400 to 500US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16061 20L15 imageBoyd's City Express, 20L15, 1c Black on Green, Tied on Local Cover by Purple Company Handstamp


Certificates: PF 376285
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Estimate Range:200 to 250US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16062 Stamp 20L16a imageBoyd's City Express, 20L16a, 2c Black on Red Vertical Tete-Beche Pair, Positions 1-4 and 11-14
Bottom Right Tete-Beche, Block of Eight

Previously hinged with small faults.

Certificates: PF 563781
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Estimate Range:100 to 150US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16063 20L17 imageBoyd's City Express, 20L17, 1c Black on Lilac, Die-Cut and Tied to Local Cover with Company Oval and Scarce Black Two-Line "Collect 1 Cent" Marking
The Earliest Recorded Use of this Stamp and the Earliest Known Cover Serviced by the Blackham’s After they Acquired the Post

Manuscript “Rec’d Jan. 10, 1861.” at top left. The stamp oxidized and with small faults. The intracity delivery fee was 2c, thus the collect handstamp.

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Estimate Range:150 to 250US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16064 Stamp 20L25 imageBoyd's City Express, 20L25, 1c Black on Blue, Unused Pair
Graded XF-S 95

OG, Never hinged

Certificates: PF 610389
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Estimate Range:100 to 150US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16065 Stamp 20L29 imageBoyd's City Express, 20L29, 2c Blue on Red, Unused
Rare

No Gum, with a horizontal crease at top and thinning along the right side.

Certificates: PF 420379
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Estimate Range:1,250 to 1,500US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
City Express Messenger Despatch
Lot Symbol Catalog No Descrip Opening
16066 image(Boyd's) City Express Messenger Despatch Stamp on Local Richmond, Victoria Cover
A Very Fine Example

After Boyd's City Express was shut down by the U.S. Government in 1883, Fitz A. Boyd, the founder’s grandson, relocated to Australia. Around 1888, he joined forces with S. Hayling, manager of the Express Messenger Company in Melbourne. By 1894, Fitz had become managing director and renamed the firm Express Messenger (City) Co Ltd. This post continued operating well into the 1900s.

Certificates: PF 610191
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Estimate Range:100 to 150US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
Brady & Co
Lot Symbol Catalog No Descrip Opening
16067 Stamp 23L1 imageBrady & Co.'s Penny Post, Chicago, Ill, 1c Violet, Unused OG
Graded XF 90, Highest Graded Stamp of this Issue

Original gum.

Certificates: PF 606264
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Estimate Range:600 to 800US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM
16068 Stamp 23L1 imageBrady & Co.'s Penny Post, 23L1, 1c Violet, Unused
No gum

Certificates: PF 610423
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Estimate Range:250 to 300US$

CLOSED
Closing..Jul-19, 11:00 AM

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