Sale 1206 — United States Stamps and Confederate States

Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 23-25 July, 2019

Category — Carriers and Locals

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
754
c
Sale 1206, Lot 754, Carriers and LocalsBoyd's City Express, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Bluish Green (20L3). Large margins, tied by red "Free" handstamp with matching "Boyd's City Express Post Feb. 14 O'C" (1845) oval datestamp on spectacular hand-colored mechanical Valentine to local address, the Valentine has a poem and hand-drawn flowers around the borders with a central scene of a woman reading in a house, each piece of the central scene is separate, Very Fine, a wonderful Valentine use of the Boyd's 20L3 stamp, ex Gabriel, with 1990 P.F. certificate

E. 500-750
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