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Sale 122: The Dr. James Milgram Collection Steamboat Mail

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Steamboat Markings - Trenton to W.F. Osgood (Milgram #1383-1446B)

Lots 940-949 Lots 950-959 Lots 960-969 Lots 970-976

Lot 970    

Regular Opelousas Packet via Atchafalaya, W. Burton (Mississippi, Atchafalaya and Red Rivers), near complete red oval on 1860 folded letter in French from New Orleans to Port Bane, franked with 1857 3¢ Dull Red (defective) tied by oval packet handstamp, also included is 1859 printed freight bill, still Very Fine.
Milgram No. 1442    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $260

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Lot 971    

From Steamer Webster (Ohio and Mississippi Rivers), red oval handstamp on 1851 folded Bill of Lading from Cincinnati to Natchez, Miss. file fold affects marking, Fine.
Milgram No. 1443    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $90

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Lot 972    

N.O. & Bayou Sara Packet, Welcome (Mississippi River), complete and well struck blue oval on 1864-65 3¢ entire to New Orleans, usual pinholes as found on the Carroll Hoy correspondence, also included is 1869 printed & illustrated freight bill, Very Fine.
Milgram No. 1445    Estimate $150 - 200.

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Lot 973    

N.O. & Bayou Sara Packet, Welcome (Mississippi River), well struck blue oval on 1864-65 3¢ entire to New Orleans, usual pinholes as found on the Carroll Hoy correspondence, small piece of flap torn away, also included is 1869 printed & illustrated freight bill, Very Fine.
Milgram No. 1445    Estimate $150 - 200.

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Lot 974    

New Orleans & Ouachita Pkt., Welcome, Feb 1, 1869 (Mississippi and Ouachita Rivers), blue double oval handstamp on 1864-65 3¢ entire to New Orleans, Very Fine, Illustrated in Milgram.
Milgram No. 1446    Estimate $200 - 300.

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Lot 975    

Michigan Central Rail Road Line (Steamboat) Western World, illustrated 1857 boxed corner card on cover to Philadelphia Pa., franked with 1857 3¢ Dull Red (#25, small defect) tied by "New-York Oct. 22, 1857" cds, some cover wear, still Very Fine, the only recorded example, Unlisted in Milgram.
Milgram No. 1446A    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $375

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Lot 976    

W.F. Osgood, printed and illustrated steamboat marking on 3¢ entire to Boston, postmarked "Kensington, N.H. Sep. 2" cds with target cancel on indicia, Very Fine, Unlisted in Milgram.
Milgram No. 1446B    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $60

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