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762 
Steamboat Piota (Mississippi & Red Rivers), bold and complete ornate red oval handstamp on folded letter to Bertie, N.C., franked with 1851 3¢ Dull Red (11A, tiny defect), tied by grid with red "New Orleans, La. May 23" cds, black straight line "WAY" handstamp alongside, also included is 1856 printed freight bill, Very Fine.Milgram No. 1109 Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
763
Steamboat Piota (Mississippi & Red Rivers), bold and complete gem strike of fancy oval showing crisp details on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to New Orleans, light horizontal file fold affecting indicia, also included is 1854 printed freight bill, Extremely Fine.Milgram No. 1110 Estimate $300 - 400.
Interesting to note that there is a complete blind impression of the indicia which extends over to the flap.
Lot
764
Steamboat Piota (Mississippi & Red Rivers), bold ornate blue oval handstamp on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to New Orleans, usual pinholes as found on the Buchannon Carroll correspondence, Extremely Fine, Illustrated in Milgram.Milgram No. 1111 Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot
765
Diamond Jo Line Steamer Pittsburgh, Sep. 11, 1888 (Upper Mississippi River), neat magenta oval handstamp on cover to Kansas City, Mo., franked with 2¢ Bank Note (213) tied by "Muscatine, Ioa. Sep 12 88" duplex, slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, this is the only recorded example of the steamboat marking, Illustrated in Milgram.Milgram No. 1114 Estimate $200 - 300.
This cover was mailed on board the Pittsburgh and put off at Muscatine for further transmission to Kansas City.
Lot
766
S.B. Pizarro (Missouri River), black octagon handstamp on 1839 folded letter from St. Louis to St. Charles, Mo., cover silked re-enforcing edge splits, Very Fine appearance.Milgram No. 1115 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
THIS IS THE EARLIEST MISSOURI RIVER STEAMBOAT MARKING AND THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE.
Lot
767
Ward's Line, Portage, Steamer Planet, Oct 12 1862 (Great Lakes), superb strike of circular date stamp on cover to Lansing, Mich., franked with 1861 3¢ Rose (65, corner defect) tied by "Detroit, Mich Oct 14" cds, additional large "Steamboat Due 2 cents", bit reduced at left, still fresh and Fine-VF cover., Extremely Fine strike of this scarce marking.Milgram No. 1119 Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot
768
From Steamer Planter (Mississippi River), superb strike of large Steamer handstamp on orange cover to New Orleans, manuscript "freight", small corner repair upper left, usual pinholes as found on the Carroll Hoy correspondence, Extremely Fine.Milgram No. 1124 Estimate $300 - 400.
The "Planter" of 343 tons was built in 1860 of 343 tons and was owned in part by Captain Clarkes V. Wells, who was from Sistersville, Virginia and took his boat south when the Civil War broke out. It was captured by U.S. troops on June 15, 1863, but after the war operated on the Alabama River.
Lot
769
U.S.S. Plymouth, Feb. 17, 1875 (Atlantic Coast), blue oval handstamp on small cover to Pennsylvania, franked with 3¢ Bank Note (small faults and probably does not belong), postmarked "Key West, Fla., Feb. 17" cds alongside, F.-V.F., the only recorded example, Illustrated in Milgram.Milgram No. 1126 Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot
770
Michigan Central Railroad Line 1857 (Steamer) Plymouth Rock (Lake Erie), illustrated corner card on cover to East Long Meadow, Mass., franked with 1851 3¢ Dull Red (11) tied by Detroit, Mich. "3 Paid" integral rate cds, Extremely Fine and rare, ex-Somdal, Illustrated in Milgram; signed Holcombe.Milgram No. 1128 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
A WONDERFUL GREAT LAKES STEAMER CORNER CARD FOR THE PLYMOUTH ROCK OF THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAIL ROAD LINE.
The 3¢ 1851 adhesive is described in the Somdal sale as the "Deep Plum" shade.
Lot
771
Michigan Central Rail Road Line (Steamer) Plymouth Rock (Lake Erie), illustrated corner card on buff cover to Detroit, Mich., franked with two single Canadian 3d Beaver (4) tied on cover by numeral ring cancels with "Montreal LC AU 27 1858" split-ring cancels, backstamped "Windsor CW AU 30 1858" split-ring cancel, adhesives mostly four margins, left single trivial corner crease, Extremely Fine, Illustrated in Milgram.Milgram No. 1129 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
A STUNNING AND UNIQUE USAGE OF THIS STEAMBOAT COVER WITH CANADIAN STAMPS.