Lot #: 17090

Swart’s City Dispatch Post, 2c Red on Blue, 136L6, Position 61RSE with Company Star Handstamp Used on Cover with #10A 3c Orange Brown, with US Express Mail Handstamp

Possibly the only known Swart's used with a U.S. Express Mail Handstamp

Fold letter from New York to Boston, with OCT. 16, 1851 US Express Mail Handstamp and manuscript "Please forward with all convenient speed." The local stamp with a pre-usage crease at bottom right. The 3c with large left sheet margin.

Opening: $270
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Category: Swart's City Dispatch Post
Catalogue: Scott 136L6, 10A
Catalog Value: $850