Lot
724 
Str. Paul Pry, May 3, 1865 (California Rivers), manuscript steamer marking on 1864-65 3¢ postal entire with Wells, Fargo & Co. frank to San Francisco, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine, a very rare California River Steamer, Unlisted in Milgram.Milgram No. 1057A Estimate $300 - 400.
A famous and prolific Steamboat builder was Patrick Henry Tiernan, who built the sidewheeler "Paul Pry" in San Francisco in 1854. She was acquired by the California Pacific Railroad Company in 1871.
Realized: $325