Lot
861 
Cahaba, Alabama Pictorial Steamboat (Alabama River Route 7003), red handstamp on incoming folded letter sheet with matching "5" rate handstamp, manuscript Isabella ship endorsement at bottom left; cover light cleaned and silk reinforced on reverse, F.-V.F. appearance, a rare example of this illustrated steamboat marking of Cahaba, Alabama.Estimate $300 - 400.
Contrary to regulations, the Cahaba postmaster used a pictorial handstamp of a steamboat in lieu of the mandated "Steam" or "Steamboat". Three varieties are known, of which this is the earliest type.
Realized: $1,700