Lot
1320 
Boyd's City Express, 1856, 2¢ black on olive green, huge margins, tied by light strike of "Paid J.T.B." handstamp, additional strike adjacent and matching faint "Boyd's City Express Post, Apr 22" oval datestamp on orange cover to local street address, docketed "T. F. Seward, April 14/56" at top; owner's handstamp at center, some edge wear and reduced at right, flap tears, Very Fine. Scott No. 20L11 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $160
Lot
1321
Boyd's City Express, 1857, 2¢ brick red on white, huge margins all around, tied by light strike of "Paid J.T.B." handstamp, additional strike adjacent and matching faint "Boyd's City Express Post Nov. 12" oval datestamp on cover to local street address, Very Fine and scarce use. Scott No. 20L12; $500 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $240
Lot
1322
Boyd's City Express, 1860, 2¢ black on red, ample to large margins, tied by "Boyd's City Post, 39 Fulton St., Jun 9, 1864" cds on yellow cover to local street address, matching blurry "Paid" in oval handstamp, Very Fine and attractive cover. Scott No. 20L16 $225.
Realized: $160
Lot
1323
Boyd's City Express, 1860, 1¢ black on lilac, large margins, tied by "Boyd's City Express Post." oval handstamp on 1862 orange cover to local street address, sharp bold strike of "Collect, 1 Cent." two-line handstamp, "July 4, 1862" docketing at left; reduced at right, otherwise Very Fine and rare use. Scott No. 20L17 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $240
Lot
1324
California Penny Post Co., 1855-59, 7¢ vermilion, printed cameo frank on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire with "To The Penny Post Co." printed address form and list of nine cities and towns where service was offered, blue "Monterey, Cal, Oct 18" cds origin postmark and addressed to "28 Clay Street" in San Francisco so technically a 2¢ overpayment of the Penny Post 5¢ fee for "city delivery east of Taylor and Fourth Streets", additional docket at lower left reads "Received from H. L. Goodwin at 12 o'clock noon the 20th Oct H S", several pin holes & small internal tear affecting indicia, Very Fine and rare, ex-Chapman, Haas & Kutz; with 1980 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 34LU7 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Lot
1325
City Despatch Post, 1847, 2¢ black on green, large margins, light red cancel on 1847 locally addressed folded letter, with boxed "Free" handstamp below and "City Despatch Post P.O., Apr 30, 4 O'Clock" cds; cover staining at right, F.-V.F.; with 2001 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 40L2 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $210
Lot
1326
Floyd's Penny Post, 1860 (1¢) blue, large margins, tied by blue "Floyd's Chicago Penny Post" oval handstamp on fresh locally addressed cover, missing backflap, Very Fine. Scott No. 68L1; $1,000 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $425
Lot
1327
Frazer & Co., 1845-51, 2¢ black on pink, ample to large margins, neatly tied by manuscript "2" on local cover addressed "Miss Sallie Wilson, South Side 8th, 2nd door East of Vine.", with forget-me-not sealed on reverse, Very Fine, ex-Schenck and Hall; with 2001 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 69L2 Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
ONE OF TWO RECORDED ON COVER EXAMPLES OF THE FRAZER & CO. 2¢ BLACK ON PINK EAGLE STAMP - A GREAT CINCINNATI LOCAL RARITY.
Hiram Frazer established Frazer & Co. in 1845 while he was a Cincinnati letter carrier. His Eagle design issues used between February 3rd of 1848 and June 30th of 1849 are considered to be carrier stamps.
Realized: $6,750
Lot
1328
Hale & Co., 1844 (6¢) blue, margins ample to touching, canceled by socked-on-the-nose red "Collect Six Cents, Hale & Co." boxed handstamp on 1845 folded letter sheet to Philadelphia, Pa., red "Hale & Co., New York" oval forwarder handstamp, Very Fine and choice; signed Frajola. Scott No. 75L1 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $160
Lot
1329
Hussey's Post, 1873, 2¢ black, wide margins, tied by Hussey's framed handstamp on cover to New York City street address, blue "Continental Ins. Co., New York, Oct 13, 1874" double-circle handstamp, advertising text on reverse; reduced slightly at right, fresh and Very Fine use. Scott No. 87L51 $500.
Realized: $250