Lot 7117
Boyd's Brooklyn City Express Post, Red Oval Datestamp on 1845 Folded Letter to Surgeon at U.S. Naval Hospital, New York
Extremely Rare
Ausruf: $360
Estimate: $550 - $850
Folded letter datelined dateline "United States Ship Ohio, Boston" crossed out and revised "New York, May 14, 1845, Atlantic Hotel". The cover struck with a red oval "Boyd's Brooklyn City Express Post, May 15 — O'C." datestamp and endorsed with manuscript "Mail" at upper left. Addressed to Surgeon W.S.W. Ruschenberger at the U.S. Naval Hospital, New York. Fresh and fine and extremely rare.
May 15, 1845 is the latest recorded use of Boyd's Brooklyn City Express Post, making this a very late usage. The recipientc William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger, was a prominent U.S. Navy surgeon, naturalist, and author who later served as president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Provenienz
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The Philatelic Icons Sale 2026 | June 26-28
Sale 33a: Locals: Adams City Express - Dupuy & Schenck — Sunday, June 28, 2026 | 12pm EST, 9am PST
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America's history lives in the letters that crossed goldfields and battle lines, in express covers that linked frontier towns to the outside world, and in the stamps that mark how a young country built its postal system from scratch. This sale brings together more than 1,500 lots that trace that story, including philatelic icons seldom offered to the public.
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