Sale 1232 — United States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 30-31 March, 2021
Category — Boyd's Local Post Specialized Collection: Stampless, Conjunctive Uses
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1690
FREE. Red straightline handstamp struck twice and very boldly (as if to advertise the service) with clear red "Boyd's City Express Post, May 24 2 O'C" oval datestamp on 1845 folded letter to the New York Herald, a charming complaint (for publication) about noise emanating from a "dancing and singing" house near Greenwich Street at all hours of the night (some things never change), faint fingerprint on front, Extremely Fine, one of the four or five known examples of Boyd's free-to-the-press service, ex Abt and Golden
E. 500-750
425