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Steam Packet Franklin (Lake Champlain), complete red circular handstamp on 1832 folded letter from Burlington to Albany, manuscript "B" (Boat) and 18¾ rate, Very Fine and choice, Illustrated in Milgram.Milgram No. 470 Estimate $400 - 600.
The Sherman family commenced steamboat services on Champlain Lake in 1812 and formed the Champlain Transportation Co. in 1825. From 1834, they were contracted to carry mails between Rouses Point and Whitehall, and later from St. John L.(ower)C.(anada). The Champlain Transportation company was the first inland water steamboat operator to employ a Name-of-Boat cachet with the "Franklin" recorded from 1831.
Realized: $700