Lot
4391 
Favor's Express, Boston, 10 Court Sq., double-struck red company circular cachet on flap of folded letter datelined "St. John Apl 3 1851" addressed to Philadelphia Pa., entered mails with red "Boston '10cts' 7 Apr" cds for double the 5¢ rate, black "Steam" straightline handstamp adjacent with manuscript "2" for double-weight charge, Very Fine. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Favor's Express was based in Boston and operated from 1850 two sister vessels, the "Alabama" and the "Florida", both of 1,261 gross tons built at New York. The company served the express route to St. John, New Brunswick calling at Providence and Eastport, Maine. A company cachet was applied to loose letters handled on the route and there was a 5¢ charge made for letters travelling between St. John and U.S. post offices.
Realized: $575