Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Cut to shape, red "Towle's City Post, 10 Court Sq." oval handstamp struck close to but just missing tying the stamp, on cover to local address, small stain at top, still Very Fine, scarce, with 2010 P.F. certificate

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Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Cut to shape, tiny nick at bottom, manuscript "X" and "II" cancels (afternoon delivery) on locally-addressed cover, appears Fine

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Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Cut to shape, cancelled by small manuscript "X" at 8 o'clock leaving most of design clearly visible, used on locally-addressed folded letter, remarkably fresh and Very Fine

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Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Square-cut margins, full to large on three sides, barely in at bottom, cancelled by manuscript "X", used on Oct. 12, 1848 blue folded letter to local street address, Very Fine, extremely rare with square-cut margins, only 21 covers recorded by Stimmell (see Penny Post, Aug. 1991) and many of these have circular-cut stamps, ex Schwartz

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Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Cut to shape, deep rich color, uncancelled, red "Boston 5cts. 9 Jul." integral-rate circular datestamp on July 9, 1850 blue folded letter to New York City, fresh and Very Fine, a particularly choice example of the Cheever & Towle issue used to the mails, signed Sloane, ex Middendorf

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Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Cut octagonally, margins just in on a few sides, deep rich color, uncancelled or tiny trace of a cancel, red "Boston 10cts. 12 Jan." integral-rate circular datestamp on 1847 folded letter to New Orleans, Very Fine, the earliest example recorded by Stimmell and a nice use to-the-mails and sent over-300 miles to New Orleans

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Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Balance of three covers, two cut to shape and one square cut margins, two manuscript cancels, one uncancelled (to the mails and Boston 10c integral-rate circular datestamp), each toned and or soiled, otherwise Fine

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Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Cut to shape, cancelled by ms. and used on blue 1844 folded letter to local street address, some toning at bottom of cover, Very Fine, Scott Retail $500.00

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Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Ample margin at right, touched at top and left, scissors-cut at bottom, small repaired corner in bottom right margin, tied by red "Towle's City Dispatch Post, 7 State St., 2 Cents" oval handstamp with matching "Paid." on blue folded cover to local addressee, circa 1849-50, ms. "Gone to California" indicating that addressee had left for the Gold Rush, side panels removed

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE ONLY RECORDED COVER WITH THE CHEEVER & TOWLE STAMP TIED BY A HANDSTAMP.

Cheever & Towle's usual method of cancelling its stamps (if at all) was to apply a small "X" in manuscript, sometimes with an extra dash or two. This is the only cover in our records, the Sloane or Costales files that has the stamp cancelled and tied by the red oval marking.

Ex Boker and Golden (Siegel Sale 817, lot 902, realized $4,500 hammer)

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Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Square-cut margins, full to large on three sides, barely in at bottom, cancelled by ms. "X", used on Oct. 12, 1848 blue folded letter to local street address, Very Fine, extremely rare -- only 21 covers recorded in Stimmell (see Penny Post, Aug. 1991) and many of these have circular-cut stamps -- ex Schwartz

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