Lot
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U.S. Mail Steamship Fah Kee (Atlantic Ocean), bold strike of "Apr 21, 1866, St. Jago" shield handstamp on folded letter datelined "St. Jago de Cuba, 20th April 1866" from the Lanman & Kemp correspondence to New York City, with black "Steamship 10" cent due rating circular handstamp applied, light file fold affecting marking which is typically found on the reverse, Very Fine and choice, an extremely fresh and Gem cover, Illustrated in Milgram.Milgram No. 434 Estimate $400 - 600.
On August 10th 1865 Capt. John Sterling purchased for $65,000 the wooden screw steamer "Fah Kee" from the U.S. Quartermasters. He contracted with New York's Waydell & Co. to run a regular mail packet from New York to St. Jago de Cuba. The contract with Waydell was run under the provisions of the Foreign Mails act of 1845 but only lasted three years as opposed to the normal ten years of the Act. The vessel was sold to the Bermuda authorities in 1868.