Lot
4384 
(Lake Superior Line - Routes 12509 & 12717) Steamer Iron City, oval handstamp on orange buff cover addressed to Ellsworth Oh. bearing 3¢ dull red (26) tied by "Cleveland O. Sep 24 1860" duplex; reduced slightly at top, partial flap, top corners with small mend, still Very Fine; signed by Ashbrook on reverse. Milgram No. 645 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Although Ebenezer Ward held the contracts for the Cleveland and Chicago to Ontonagon routes from 1858 to 1865, the Star Route bid registers show a large number of single trip contracts undertaken by the Lake Superior Line.