5¢ Red Brown (1), horizontal pair, large margins to just in at bottom, tied by two bold strikes of red grid cancel, matching clear strike of "STEAMER FASHION" name-of-boat oval handstamp, "STEAM" straightline struck at top on brown cover to Stratford, Connecticut, no town datestamp but originated in New Orleans, faint crease in margin between stamps, some slight oily stains as usual for these covers, Very Fine strike, this is the only recorded example of this Mississippi and Red River steamboat marking on an 1847 cover in the USPCS census, the Fashion was a 149-ton steamer built in 1848 and captained by J. Martin, ex Dick, Matthies and Boker, illustrated in Milgram book (p. 273)

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