Lot
775 
St. Louis & Miami Packet Steamer Post Boy (Missouri River), all overprinted design in blue & buff show detailed illustration of the Post Boy on cover to Columbia, Mo., franked with 1861 3¢ Rose (65, defective) tied by cross road cancel with matching St. Louis, Mo. double circle postmark alongside, ragged left edge from rough opening impacting design, Fine and rare, ex-Somdal, Illustrated in Klein & Milgram.Milgram No. 1136 Estimate $500 - 750.
This illustrated "Post Boy" steamer operating out of St. Louis on the Missouri River from 1859-1863, was a different vessel than the Milgram 1134-1135 vessel which operated on the Mississippi River.
Realized: $400