US : Locals : Stamps.

Ask and ye shall see!

Orange/vermillion single: (unsure of exact color)



Blue single on cover:

OK, I'm looking to buy this little fellow but as mentioned is it considered a label? I have a few Blood's Despatch covers too but I'm not real sure on how to properly place them in my cover nomenclature so to speak. I do know where I'll place it however! lol What does stuff like this usually sell for? Sort of a novice inquiry but one I would like to get sorted out. Thank you. 

It should be said that Steve makes good sense on the local post: LUNDY post. He said
I like the idea. Stuff like this gets lost in the Back-of-book sections.

Read more: thestampforum.boards.net/thread/161/local-post-lundy?page=2#ixzz3Q0ddqhZb





Here are my 2 Bloods Despatch covers for show. I think know that all the private mails and local post stamps & covers are indeed stamps and have their place in the philatelic time-line HOWEVER- They wasn't produced by the Government so therein lye's the "grey area" I'm asking about clarifying.
In my personal collection I just put all my covers in Chronological order by both events (Civil war, Advertising, WWI. & WWII. etc...) and by year, so placing it my collection is a snap but the documentation I want correct.




The above letter is transcribed/translated (I hope anyway)- thestampforum.boards.net/post/11446

Lovely stuff, Jeff.

Personally, I would be inclined to have them US.  Back of book  under "United States : Locals"
Especially for your own albums.
These are a highly specialised discipline and very valuable.

I think a newbie would seek them under US, however if you place text in the post with "Boyd's etc"
it makes it fairly easy to "search"
So,  happy to go with Moderator's hiearchy.

Thank you I will move it I hadn't seen he already went and done it! It it in the US BOB section on the forum but by year in my cover binder.

Thank you for the PDF file Rod.
Near the bottom it goes on to say..

"The collector desiring a postal history collection of Boyd’s can readily find a number of covers, both stamped and stampless, to add to his collection. A variety of examples can be collected; for example, various combinations of handstamps and stamps, diecut stamps on cover, covers taken to the US post office by Boyd’s, conjunctive uses with other independent mail or local companies, Western express company mail from California to NYC delivered by Boyd’s, and even conjunctive uses with US post office carriers."

I don't know if that link will work or not?
www.pennypost.org/pdf_files/APrimeronBoyd%27sCityExpressPost.pdf

Duput & Schenk, New York, NY (1846-47) was established by Henry J. Dupuy and Jacob H. Schenck, formerly carriers for City Despatch Post and U.S. City Despatch Post.

There are two types of the first stamp shown, the Dupuy & Schenck Penny Post: a 1c black on glazed paper(Scott 60L1) and a 1c black on gray paper (Scott 60L2).

The 2013 catalog values for both were $175 unused and $300 used.

Below are images of the two types that I pulled from certificates issued by the Philatelic Foundation.

As you will see, both type have a thick inner border and a thin outer one -- that double border appears on all of the stamps certified by the PF as being genuine.

Your stamp appears to lack the outer border so, while I'm no expert, I would suspect that it is not genuine.

Firstfrog

Not good news on your locals . I do not have access to my specimens where I am so I will post them in a few hours.
Can't believe I'm at work?? - Another 10 days and it's back to semi retirement - had to make some $$ to pay for those past holiday excesses

The Dupuy & Schenck appear to generelly have a double frame as noted
Also the bottom lettering has some very detailed markings that do not appear to be in yours

The East River has a major problem - it is just too good. The genuine is quite rough and primitive looking
Some letters have a very specific shape in particular the "S"
They are pretty scarce & can fetch some good prices

As for the Pomeroy - hard to tell exactly - these are relatively available but the color seems wrong
As you will see from my posting, the engraving is quite detailed with abundant dots & dashes

falschung thanks I figured too good to be true but at circa $4 per, worth a shot.If the East river was good would have been a major score.If you have interest I'll pass them off to you FREE.Pm your address.

All those locals are serious eye candy. Sure would like to bump into some. Thanks for sharing everyone!

I posted many bids in the past couple weeks and I'm really quite shocked by prices realized many lots of roughly fifteen stamps are going for $150-$175 range.While many of the lots contain reprints and fakes that means each regardless is a $10 item.Guess I jumped in a day late and a hundred dollars short.

Interesting; I didn't even know such things existed. Were these all from private mail delivery companies?

Was the Pony Express an example of a private mail carrier?

A couple more likely forgeries to add to fledgling local collection.