Part II - LOCALS A - G continued...

SPECIAL NOTE: Lot Numbers with an "A" preceding them will be offered in three special sessions. Please refer to the Arrangement of the Sale web page for the schedule.

Boyd's Dispatch (Inter-City) (20L37TC to 20L46):

	Lot	Lot Description
	664	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., 1878 Mercury Series, Imperforate Color Trials (20L37TC). Six different colors on colored papers, two on ungummed laid paper, four on gummed wove, all different colors, margins mostly ample and condition generally Very Fine, scarce group, closely related to Scott 20L37-20L42 but printed in colors rather than Black (Image)	E. 500-750
	665	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Orange Red (20L38). Gummed with paper strips at top and bottom (as found on trial colors in previous lot), margins all around, slightly oxidized, Very Fine and scarce trial color (Image)	125.00
	666	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Crimson (20L39). Unused (no gum), large margins, creasing at lower left causing chips in color, few rubbed spots at top, otherwise Very Fine and probably as fine as this very scarce trial color exists, signed Sloane (Image)	125.00
	667	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Salmon (20L40). Unused (no gum), large margins, Extremely Fine, very scarce trial color, signed Sloane (Image)	175.00
	668	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Lemon (20L41). Unused (no gum), large margins, Extremely Fine, very scarce trial color, ex Worthington (Image)	175.00
	669	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Lilac Pink (20L42). Unused (no gum), large margins, Extremely Fine, very scarce trial color, signed Sloane (Image)	175.00
	670	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Salmon, Lemon, Lilac Pink (20L40-20L42). Unused (no gum), Salmon with ample to large margins, writing on back, others have large margins and small scrapes, very scarce group of trial colors, ex Abt (Image)	525.00
	671	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Crimson (20L43). Well-centered, vertical crease, tied by "Paid" in circle and purple "Boyd's City Dispatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y. Oct. 2, 1878" oval datestamp on yellow cover to local street address, plumber's corner card, small opening tear and creased at left, Very Fine appearance, extremely scarce (Image)	E. 200-300
	672	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Orange Red (20L43A). Well-centered, brilliant color with bright orange hue and smooth coated surface, tied by "Paid" in circle, purple "Boyd's City Dispatch, 1 Park Place, Jul. 13 (1878)" oval datestamp on embossed corner card cover to local street address, Extremely Fine, the Orange Red is the rarest of the regularly-issued Mercury series and was used briefly in July and early August 1878 -- see John D. Bowman's article in The Penny Post, Apr. 1995 (this is one of the three covers he records) -- ex Col. Green, unlisted on cover in Scott (Image)	E. 750-1,000
	673	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Orange Red (20L43A). Well-centered, vivid color and bright orange hue, smooth coated surface, tied by "Paid" in circle and purple "Boyd's City Dispatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y. Jul. 23, 1878" oval datestamp on importer's advertising cover to local street address, cover slightly creased, one bend thru stamp causing wrinkles, still Extremely Fine, the rarest of the regularly-issued Mercury stamps, probably fewer than a half-dozen covers exist, this is not one of the three covers recorded by Bowman in his Penny Post article (Apr. 1995), but it falls into the correct time period (Image)	E. 750-1,000
	674	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Pink (20L44). Compound perf, tied by light purple "Boyd's City Dispatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y. Oct. 7, 1879" oval datestamp on lithographed advertising cover to local street address, illustration of safety lantern, Extremely Fine	E. 100-150
	675	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Pink (20L44). Tied by "Paid" in circle, light purple "Boyd's City Dispatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y." oval datestamp on lithographed advertising cover to local street address, pink illustration of buidling, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine	E. 100-150
	676	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Blue (20L45). Sheet margin at right, tied by "Boyd's City Dispatch, 1 Park Place, Paid" serrated oval handstamp on advertising cover to local street address, illustration of "drip tray closet bowl", Very Fine	E. 100-150
	677	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Blue (20L45). Cancelled by faint "Paid", with "Boyd's City Dispatch, 1 Park Place, Paid" serrated oval handstamp on corner card cover to local street address, Extremely Fine, ex German Sale	E. 100-150
	678	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Blue (20L45). Evidently uncancelled, large "Boyd's City Dispatch No. 1 Park Place" double-line oval handstamp on yellow corner card cover to local street address, flap removed, sealed tears at top, still Fine and scarce	E. 100-150
	679	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Blue on Blue (20L46). Faint black cancel, tied by purple "Boyd's City Dispatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y., Apr. 19, 1879" oval datestamp on cover to local street address, Very Fine, the Blue on Blue Mercury stamp is extremely scarce -- much more so than $150.00 italicized Scott value for a cover would indicate	E. 300-400
	680	Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Blue on Blue (20L46). Perfs in at top, tied by "Boyd's City Dispatch, 1 Park Place, Paid" serrated oval handstamp on cover to local street address, Very Fine, another extremely scarce cover with the Blue on Blue Mercury, undervalued in Scott in our opinion	E. 300-400

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