United States: Carriers & Locals Boyd's City Express, New York, N.Y., 2c green on glazed paper...

United States: Carriers & Locals
Boyd's City Express, New York, N.Y., 2c green on glazed paper
clear to full margins, red "FREE" cancel, rectangular "BOYD'S CITY / EXPRESS POST / SEP 17 3 OC" datestamp beside, to a firm of local merchants, September 1844 docketing inside fold, some surface abrasions to stamp, a scarce example of this first issue of Boyd's Express, one of eighteen recorded examples, fine; ex Kuphal. (Sc. 20L1, $4,000)
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