Sale 1232 — United States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 30-31 March, 2021
Category — Boyd's Local Post Specialized Collection: Mercury Series, Postal Stationery, Balances
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1738
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Boyd's Dispatch Unadopted Essays, ca. 1884. Four items: two artist's pen-ink-and-wash essays, one with manuscript prices for printing and pencil notation on back "Submitted by Baldwin & Gleason, 55 Cedar St. City" -- according to album write-up, this firm was located at this address from 1882 to 1884, which is just at the end of Boyd's letter-carrying business -- accompanied by a third hand-drawn essay for "Boyd's City Despatch" and a printer's proof of the same design, which was used as a logo for delivery lists after Boyd's stopped carrying mail, Very Fine, each hand-executed essay is unique, ex Schwartz
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E. 2,000-3,000
2,000