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) (20L56 to Collection Lots):
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Lot |
Lot Description |
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691 |
Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Pink
(20L56). Tied by purple "Boyd's City Despatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y. Paid,
Jul. 11, 1882" oval datestamp with matching "Special" straightline on
Health Dept. corner card cover to local street address, pencil notes re
inspection notice, lightly soiled, otherwise Very Fine |
E. 150-200 |
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692 |
Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Pink
(20L56). Tied by purple "Boyd's City Despatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y. Paid,
Feb. 23, 1883" oval datestamp on British Mercantile Ins. Co. cover to local
street address, purple pointing hand "Return to Writer" handstamp with
pencil "no such number", Very Fine |
E. 100-150 |
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693 |
Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Pink
(20L56). Perfs in at right, tied by purple "Boyd's City Despatch, 1
Park Place, N.Y. Paid, Jun. 5, 1883" oval datestamp on red and black corner
card cover to local street address, minor soiling, Fine |
E. 100-150 |
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694 |
Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Pink
(20L56). Tied by "Boyd's City Despatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y. Paid" oval
handstamp on British Mercantile Ins. Co. cover, Very Fine |
E. 100-150 |
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695 |
Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Pink
(20L56). Tied by purple "Boyd's City Despatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y. Paid,
Feb. 24, 1883" oval datestamp on corner card cover to local street address,
Very Fine |
E. 100-150 |
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696 |
Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Pink
(20L56). Tied by purple "Boyd's City Despatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y. Paid,
Nov. 9, 1882" oval datestamp on corner card cover to local street address,
Fine |
E. 100-150 |
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697 |
Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Pink
(20L56). Tied by partly clear purple "Boyd's City Despatch, 1 Park
Place, N.Y. Paid, Aug. 27, 1884" oval datestamp on corner card cover to
local street address, Fine |
E. 100-150 |
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698 |
Boyd's Dispatch, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Pink
(20L56). Tied by partly clear purple "Boyd's City Despatch, 1 Park
Place, N.Y. Paid, Oct. 24, 1885" oval datestamp on corner card cover to
local street address, part of backflap removed, Fine and late usage |
E. 100-150 |
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699 |
 Boyd's Dispatch, New York
N.Y., (unstated value) Black on Pink (20L56). Horizontal strip of
three, one stamp has small fault, tied by two strikes of purple "Boyd's
City Despatch, 1 Park Place, N.Y. Paid, Apr. 28, 1883" oval datestamp on
front only, the address portion of package wrapper (card stock) with
Knickerbocker Portrait Gallery corner card, to local street address,
evidently used to carry photographs, Fine, extremely rare example of Boyd's
multiple rate, ex Malcolm (Image) |
E. 500-750 |
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700 |
Boyd's City Express, Boyd's City Dispatch and Boyd's Dispatch, Massive
Study Collection of Off-Cover Stamps. Approximately 500 stamps mounted
on pages and arrannged in stockbook, the majority from the Abt collection
with his studious annotation (all identified by types, printings, perfs,
etc.), a wide range of issues from 20L2 thru 20L56 -- the Eagle & Globe,
Eagle and Mercury series -- each stamp usually represented by more than one
example, unused and used, as well as scarce shades and varieties, Eagle &
Globe issues include 20L2, 20L3 (2), 20L4 (13), 20L5 (2 unused, 1
cancelled "Paid/J.T.B.) with creases), 20L7 (15 plus an unused block of
13), 20L8 (7), 20L10 (2), 20L11 (4), 20L14 (9), 20L16 (3), 20L19-20L22 and
dozens of 20L23 in plate reconstructions incl. tete-beche multiples, Boyd's
City Dispatch Eagle series incl. 20L26 (5), 20L27, 20L29, 1876 Color Trials
and approx. 40 stamps from 20L32 thru 20L36, Boyd's Dispatch Mercury series
incl. 20L37, 20L43 and dozens of later issues, scarcest among these is an
unlisted lithograph printing of Pos. 3 Black on white paper, perforated,
condition varies with earlier issues including a number of cut-to-shape
stamps and faulty examples, only minor faults evident in some of the later
issues, overall a high-quality and in-depth collection offering enormous
potential to the student of Boyd's issues |
E. 2,000-3,000 |
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701 |
Boyd's City Express, Boyd's City Dispatch, New York N.Y., 1c-2c 1857-74
Eagle Issues, Blocks and Sheets. Eight complete sheets of 100, seven
blocks of varying size and one pair, includes sheets of 20L14, 20L15 (two,
some stamps with partially-erased "S" after "Cent"), 20L16 (including top
row tete-beche), 20L21, 20L23 Reprint tete-beche, 20L25 and 20L26
(creased), blocks include 20L15, 20L16 tete-beche, and 20L23 Reprint
tete-beche, also incl. sheet of 20L56 (no counted), original gum causing
crackles and creasing, minor faults, generally a Very Fine group, most are
ex Abt |
E. 2,500-3,500 |
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702 |
Boyd's City Express, Boyd's City Dispatch, Boyd's Dispatch, New York
N.Y., Balance of Cover Collection. 115 covers (some fronts only counted
in this total), range of issues but strength in Eagle & Globe issues,
includes 20L4 (30), 20L7 (28), 20L8 (8), 20L10 (9), 20L11 (2), 20L12 (5),
20L13 (1), 20L14 (8), 20L16 (3), 20L17 (2), 20L23 (3), 20L25 (3), 20L26,
20L36, 20L44, 20L45, 20L46, 20L47 (2), 20L53, 20L56 (4), plus three other
questionable usages, a number of early issues cut to shape or die-cut,
quite a few used to the mails with government postmarks and/or 3c
frankings, condition varies, some with rough openings, reductions, file
creases thru stamps, many choice covers and a few "gems" among the more
common 20L4 and 20L7 frankings, a wonderful group for the Boyd's student, a
large number ex Abt |
E. 3,000-4,000 |
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