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S.B. Red Wing (Upper Mississippi River), near perfect and beautifully struck fancy handstamp showing Cherubs & Lyre at top on 1846 Bill of Lading with printed illustration of Steamboat, from Galena, Ill. to St. Peters (Fort Snelling) while part of Iowa Territory, ex-Risvold, Illustrated in Milgram.Milgram No. 1170 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A STUNNING ITEM WHICH IS THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE. ONE OF THE GREAT COVERS OF THE MILGRAM COLLECTION.
The "Red Wing" a stern-wheeler of 142 tons built at Cincinnati in 1846 for the Upper Mississippi trade, was the first of three steamboats to bear the name and operate on the Mississippi. On the night of 17 May 1849 the "Red Wing", along with a ferry boat and 21 other steamboats met a tragic end with the Great Steamboat Fire at St. Louis.
Current Opening Bid: $1,000