Lot 321
(Wells) Letter Express, 1844, 5¢ black on pink (96L1), horizontal pair, four margins except right stamp close at bottom, cancelled by manuscript "X" on 1844 folded letter datelined "Cleveland Sep. 6" to New York, N.Y., red "Boyd's City/Express Post./Sep 11 9 O'C" handstamp, file fold wear, Fine and rare Boyd's conjunctive use from Cleveland.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
ONE OF ONLY EIGHT RECORDED WELLS LETTER EXPRESS USAGES FROM CLEVELAND.
The letter was carried by Letter Express from Cleveland to Buffalo, and from there by Pomeroy's to New York City where it was delivered to a street address by Boyd's City Express Post.
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