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Sale 122: The Dr. James Milgram Collection Steamboat Mail

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Steamboat Markings - Drew to Emilie (Milgram #365A-404A)

Lot 262    

Steamer Elisha Bennett (Monongahela River), blue shield handstamp ties 1869 3¢ Pictorial on yellow cover to Greensboro, cover with second light strike of packet marking and with lovely illustrated corner card "Excelsior Planing Mill, Steamboat & House Joiners" in West Brownsville, Pa., included with original matching freight bill, cover with some toning & irregular at right, Fine, a rare which may be the only recorded example, Illustrated in Milgram.
Milgram No. 398    Estimate $300 - 400.

An unusual cover because it illustrates as a corner card the type of building where steamboats were constructed.

all lots for this sale will be subject to a 18% buyer's premium

Current Opening Bid: $150

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