Humboldt Express (Langton's),
Nevada, 25c Brown (86L1). Original gum, large margins to ample at
bottom, beautiful rich color and fine impression, showing every detail of
this remarkable design with perfect clarity, fresh and Extremely Fine, very
few examples of this Western Express stamp exist with original gum, with
1999 P.F. certificate (Image)
Humboldt Express (Langton's),
Nevada, 25c Brown (86L1). Large to enormous margins, beautiful color
and impression, cancelled by red "Paid" straightline and Langton's
Carson City oval, red is a very unusual and rare colored cancel on this
stamp, negligible thin spot, Extremely Fine appearance
(Image) 
Jefferson Market P.O., New
York N.Y., (2c) Black on Pink Glazed (88L1). Unused (no gum), three
full to large margins, slightly in at top, creased and usual cracks in
surfaceFINE APPEARANCE. ONLY FOUR EXAMPLES OF THE JEFFERSON MARKET STAMP ON PINK PAPER ARE RECORDED. AN OUTSTANDING NEW YORK CITY LOCAL ISSUE.
The Jefferson Market P.O. was not officially connected to the New York Post Office, but used the "Post Office" designation in its name, much like Swarts and other contemporaries. The post is believed to have been operated by Godfrey Schmidt, who was listed in the 1850-51 city directory as Godfrey Smith at 6 Greenwich Avenue (source: Elliott Perry). In addition to the stamps issued by the Jefferson Market P.O., a stampless cover was reported by Thomas C. Mazza in The Penny Post (Jan. 1995). The stampless folded letter is addressed to Sing Sing N.Y. and bears a clear strike of a large Eagle-type frame containing "Jefferson Market Post Office/Y G. SCHMIDT & CO." in two lines. It also has a red New York Jun. 30 datestamp, and the letter is year-dated 1850. One of the recorded 88L2 covers is clearly dated Apr. 15, 1851, which establishes at least a ten-month existence for the post, corresponding to the city directory listing for Godfrey Schmidt.
Our records contain four examples of 88L1 (Pink paper), all uncancelled off cover, and four of 88L2 (Blue paper), used on separate covers. We list all of the 88L1's here: 1) unused, surface cracks, ex Caspary, Boker, Lilly, Golden (realized $7,500 hammer), 2) unused, surface cracks, ex Abt, Golden (realized $3,750 hammer), 3) unused, surface cracks, ex Caspary (on cover, did not originate), Middendorf (on piece), and 4) unused, creases, surface cracks, the stamp offered here.
Signed Sloane. (Image)
Jenkins' Camden Dispatch,
Camden N.J., (1c) Black on Yellow, Typographed from Woodcut, Coarse
Impression (89L2). Halstead Type 2, part original gum, full to large
margins, excellent impression on fresh paper, small thin spotsVERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF SIX RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE JENKIN'S CAMDEN DISPATCH STAMP ON YELLOW PAPER.
The typographed Jenkins' Camden Dispatch stamps and envelopes were produced from the 1853 Scattergood & Telfer woodcut engraving. Our records and information kindly provided by John P. Halstead contain the following examples of 89L2: 1) tied by wavy pen line on cover to A. Browning, Camden, ex Caspary, Middendorf, Golden, 2) tied by blue wavy pen line on part cover (half) to Hudson Sheeve, dated Jan. 1, 1854, ex Caspary, 3) ms. cancel, affixed to a cover to Cuba, but did not originate, Sloane files, 4) off-cover stamp, pen cancel, Johnstone files (Penny Post, Jan. 1991), 5) off-cover stamp, numeral "2" cancel, Springer collection, and 6) the stamp offered here. (Image)
Kidder's City Express Post,
Brooklyn N.Y., 2c Black on Pale Blue Glazed (93L1). Initialled "IS"
(Isaac Snedeker), full margins except for tiny nick at right, slight
crease, cancelled by pencil "pd" (impression ties thru paper) on blue
folded cover to Brooklyn street address, red "Kidder's Brooklyn City
Express Post" oval datestamp and matching "Free", light toning along file
fold, small tear at top, otherwise Fine, very rare, ex Middendorf (Image)
Moody's Penny Dispatch,
Chicago Ill., (1c) Black on Red Glazed (110L1). Type Ib with colon
after "Despatch", Position 5 in our plating analysis (see Chronicle
164), ample to large margins, bright color, blue "Moody's Despatch Oct. 21
6 P.M." and black Chicago circular datestamps, negligible corner crease,
still Extremely Fine, only 18 examples of Moody's Penny Dispatch stamp (in
all varieties) are recorded, ex Burrus
(Image) 
New York City Express Post,
New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed (111L1). Cut to shape,
tied by red "5" rate handstamp with matching "Hudson Riv. Mail
N.Y. Jul. 26" route agent's circular datestamp on 1847 folded letter to
Great Barrington Mass., ms. "Paid" crossed out, file folds, one of
which creases stamp, scuffed area in stamp has been neatly colored
inVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A VERY RARE TIED EXAMPLE OF THE NEW YORK CITY EXPRESS POST GREEN STAMP. THE ONLY NEW YORK CITY EXPRESS POST COVER WITH A HUDSON RIVER ROUTE AGENT'S MARKING.
The great similarity between this issue and the Boyd's Eagle series can mislead collectors into thinking that 111L1 is common. The New York City Express Post stamp is far rarer, with about fifteen covers known in total, for both the Black on Green and Orange on White stamps. All are to-the-mails usages, and about half are tied.
Signed Elliott Perry. (Image)
Pips Daily Mail, Brooklyn
N.Y., 1c Black on Buff (116L2). Ample margins to just touching, tied on
piece by part of "New-York" double-circle datestamp, very minor
toningVERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF ANY PIPS DAILY MAIL STAMP WITH A CANCELLATION. AN OUTSTANDING LOCAL-POST RARITY.
Very little is known about Pips Daily Mail, but the stamp itself identifies George Abrahams, Stationer, as the proprietor at 86 Hamilton Avenue in South Brooklyn. The stamps come on five varieties of paper, and, although not rare unused, the cancelled example offered here is the only Pips Daily Mail stamp known used. The double-circle datestamp is typical of the style used in New York City in 1862 and 1863, when the post is reported to have operated.
Ex Mason, Ackerman and Perry. Illustrated in Patton book (p. 289). (Image)