I've Attached A Letter From Boyd's City Dispatch From 1928 Which Might Be Interesting To Some.

I've attached a letter from Boyd's City Dispatch from 1928 which I thought might be interesting to some. This letter is decades after the stopped being a local post and became a seller of mailing lists and related business as mentioned in their letterhead

Thanks, interesting.

Thank you.
Boyds Express Messenger Service
Unaware if this is the same company, or an affiliate.
again, for interest.

Bib: Australian Cinderellas : Hornage

Thank you for posting that tidbit. I have a great deal of Boyd's peripheral material but was unaware of the Australian connection.

There is more info about the Australian connection here:

https://stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=70940

Followed the link - very interesting for me as I have a lot of US Boyd's material. rod222 and 22crows thank you both very much.

stampdorkman - I am a Boyd's collector and there is another gentlemen who has also collected and exhibited for many years. You can find a lot of info about Boyds at pennypost.org in the journals we have published. Most are available for non-members in searchable format.
Boyd's evolved from a private post into a company that made mailing lists and mailing labels for sale, and published catalogs well into the 20th century. I have seen a number of letters similar to yours, in which stamp collectors requested samples of their stamps, which until supplies ran out, they provided. John Bowman

Further "Boyd's" reference in US Locals
Again, for interest
Chas H Coster 1877

Rod222 Thank you for your post appreciate it.

locals4me - I have a great deal of ancillary Boyd's material as I purchased the balance of Paul Nixon's (a NJ dealer) Boyd material. He had originally purchased the contents of the Boyd Offices when they closed. I have ledgers, portraits from Blackstone Studios in NY, vouchers, price lists, flyers, etc. I also had to purchase the balance of his Boyd Local stamps which was quite substantial, including #20L14, 20L15 (incl some cpl sheets), 20L16, 20L23, 20L24 (condition varied as this is what he had left after years of selling them) and a large quantity of 20L56 in cpl Sheets - which I mostly sold off. So I would enjoy exchanging info on Boyd's with you.

Some items from a couple of Banker Boxes of Boyd Material from their office. Very small sample.






Can anyone identify photo - probably manager or owner at the time not sure.

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The Boyd's letterhead stationary is very interesting - I've not seen the type with two stamp images in red at the top.
John

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