Lot
2632 
New York - Boston (February 21) - Liverpool, 1849, the First Sailing at the New Treaty Rate, Also a Rare Handstamp. Wrapper docketed Havana 30 January carried under separate cover to New York which applied the 24 cts. Handstamp with curved "PAID" below; addressed to London and carried on the Niagara from Boston to Liverpool; file fold affecting postmark, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Winter states that only five examples of the New York PAID stamp have been recorded, four in black and one in red.
Realized: $1,250