Sale 122: The Dr. James Milgram Collection Steamboat Mail

Lot 630    

P^R Steamer Monsoon (Upper Mississippi River), small red double circle handstamp on 1839 folded letter from Louisiana (Missouri) to St. Louis, couple vertical file folds, Very Fine, Illustrated in Milgram.
Milgram No. 930    Estimate $500 - 750.

THIS IS THE UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF THIS MARKING AND THE EARLIEST UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT HANDSTAMP.

Realized: $2,000