Lot
1170 
Bouton's City Dispatch Post, 1848, 2¢ black on gray blue, ample to large margins, tear at top, tied by by red "Paid Bouton" handstamp on locally addressed ornate bordered Valentine cover, with matching "Bouton's City Despatch Post" oval handstamp alongside; cover tear at lower right and missing backflap, Fine, ex-Emerson. Scott No. 18L2 Estimate $400 - 600.