Lot 600
U.S. Local: Boyd's City Express, 1860, 1¢ Black on Blue Gray, on Cover, #20L18, Tied by blue oval cancel, 3¢ tied by New York duplex cancel to U.S. flag patriotic, addressed to New Haven, "the local with a vertical crease at left, and a repaired top left corner", cover fresh and still very fine. PF (2001) cert. Very rare usage, only recorded Boyd's local tied to Civil War patriotic cover.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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