Boyce's City Express Post, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed (19L1). Two large margins, cut in at top and right, just tied by pencil "X" on brown cover to post office box, black "New-York 1 ct. Jan. 8" drop-letter rate datestamp, some edgewear at bottom left, Fine and extremely rare, perhaps eight to ten are known on covers, very little is known about Boyce's City Express Post, nothing in the city directories ties any particular Boyce to the post, nor are there advertisements or source material to identify the proprietor, covers are dated in late 1852 and April 1855, the stamp on this cover is illustrated in Pat Paragraphs (reprint, p. 367), ex Golden and Kuphal, with 1999 P.F. certificate

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