Sale 1230 — U.S. and Hawaii Stamps and Postal History

Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 15-18 December, 2020

Category — Hale & Co: New Jersey and New York

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
778
c
Sale 1230, Lot 778, Hale & Co: New Jersey and New YorkBoyd's City Express, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Yellow Green (20L2). Full to large margins, red "Free" cancel, used on Dec. 12, 1844 folded letter from New York City to Frankfort Me., sender's directive "By express", carried by Boyd to Hale's New York City office, red "Collect/Six Cents/for/Hale & Co." boxed handstamp (Ty. C3), brought by Hale to Boston and given to Jerome & Co for delivery to Frankfort -- Jerome operated this route and might have applied the manuscript "Coll 6 cts" marking -- Very Fine, a rare triple conjunctive use, Gutman records four covers from this correspondence, all virtually identical

E. 200-300
350