Lot
1388 
Bouton's City Dispatch Post, 1848, 2¢ black on gray blue, ample to large margins, tied by red "Paid Bouton" handstamp on folded letter sheet to Philadelphia, Pa., red "New - York, 5 cts., May 19" integral rate cds, letter and docketing of May 19, 1847 which would make this the earliest known usage of this stamp, Very Fine; with 1974 A.P.S. certificate. Scott No. 18L2 $750.
Realized: $325