Lot
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Steamer Lac La Belle, Oct. 3, 1865 P. Lake (Great Lakes), balloon cds on 1864-65 3¢ Pink entire to Eagle Harbor, Mich, pencil notation "groceries", couple light stains and unevenly opened along right edge, still Very Fine, Illustrated in Milgram.Milgram No. 762 Estimate $300 - 400.
The wooden single masted propeller "Lac La Belle" was built in 1864 at Cleveland, Ohio by Ira Lafringer. She was one of the first propellers on the Great Lakes to have twin stacks. The Lac La Belle was built as a passenger steamer but converted to a bulk freighter in 1869. She later sunk in 1872 and was a total loss.