Summer 2025 | July 18-20, 2025

Positions 118-120, 138-140. No gum. The right vertical pair with scissor cut between.

#234 in Morris Census
"OCT 4" Blood's Type 21 handstamp at top right, addressed to Miss Fannie A Wilson, Care of Misses Cadey at 1703 Walnut St., Philadelphia. The cover stained at top right.

#207 in Morris Census
Addressed to Sellers & Pennock at613 Commerce St. Philadelphia. Manuscript Morm, Tasker & Co 6 mo. 15. 1859" Blood's "JUN 15 1859" Type 21 handstamp.

#283 in Vern Morris Census
Two strikes of the "OCT 15" (1858-1859) Blood's circular handstamp and Philadelphia Octagon Datestamp at top center (Clarke 100). Addressed to Box 1820 at the Post Office. The letter was dropped off at the post office for box delivery, then picked up and delivered by Blood's.

Blood's "DEC 14 2 1/2 PM" datestamp.

#346 in Morris Census
Blood's "JUL 6" Type 21 handstamp at top right, addressed to David S Brown Esq at 44 So Front St.

#354 in Morris Census
Two strikes of the Blood's "DEC 2 11 A.M." 1860 Type 21 handstamp, one tying the stamp and the other at top center. Addressed to James C Van Dyke Esq, United States District Attorney at No 578. Walnut St.

#169 in Morris Census
Addressed to Mr. Dr C. Cavett in Collinsburgh, Louisiana. "MAR 12 1859" Philadelphia Handstamp (Clarke 100) and Blood's Type 19 Handstamp at top right.

#321 in Morris Census
Blood's "FEB 11" Type 21 Handstamp and Philadelphia Type 21 Octagon Handstamp, addressed to G.W. Stanton Jr Esq at 10 Old Slip, New York.

"OCT 11" Philadelphia handstamp, addressed to Providence, RI. The indica with Blood's handstamp. The cover with creases.

The cover used locally in Philadelphia with Blood's "OCT. 9, 1859" datestamp.

February 26, 1856 Blood's datestamp.

With a PF Certificate which states, "BLOOD'S TYPE 10 HANDSTAMP ON "SEEDS AND FARM MACHINERY" ADVERTISING COVER WITH SINGLE "F". GRILL WITH BLUE QUARTERED CORK CANCEL AND MATCHING "PHILAD'A, PA. FEB 22 (1861)" PMK TO GERMANTOWN, PA, BLACK "CARRIER FEB 23" HANDSTAMP. AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT IT IS A GENUINE USE, THE COVER WITH A REPAIRED TEAR AT TOP, THE STAMP WITH TONED PERFS AT TOP."

Fine, a very rare stamp.

Stamp with a thin and a hinge remnant.

Red "JAN 15" Boyd's City Express Post oval handstamp, originating in Philadelphia. The folded circular addressed to Messrs. Boyd & Anderson, Pacific Hotel, Greenwich Street in New York City, offering a “spacious and fashionable hotel in Philadelphia.”

Red Boyd's Mar. 3 Oval Company Handstamp with red "New-York/Mar/4" circular datestamp and blue manuscript "10" Addressed to Norwalk, Connecticut.
Noted on backflap: "R Rowley / 2nd March 1840"

OCT 16 from New York to Mobile, Alabama with Gold on purple company label. The stamp with a light diagonal crease, the cover also with light diagonal creases.

Boyd's oval datestamp from San Francisco to New York Addresses, and address corrected. The cover with faults, but a scarce usage.

Boyd’s handstamp and indistinct datestamp. The cover with water stains and torn at top right.

Previously hinged with small faults.

Manuscript “Rec’d Jan. 10, 1861.” at top left. The stamp oxidized and with small faults. The intracity delivery fee was 2c, thus the collect handstamp.