Sale 1230 — U.S. and Hawaii Stamps and Postal History

Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 15-18 December, 2020

Category — Ship Letter and Steamboat Mail

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1028
c
Sale 1230, Lot 1028, Ship Letter and Steamboat MailSteamboat and Waterway Uses of 3c Entires. 38 3c entires (U58 or U59), each with a feature related to steamboats, packets and inland waterways, many with name-of-boat handstamps showing a nice range, including fancy St. Nicholas blue shield, two Stonewall Jackson, News Boy New Orleans, Regular Ouachita River Packet, Wade Hampton, R.E. Lee, Weekly Packet Frolic, Red River Bartable, Packet Rapides, Gov. Allen, Idahoe, some with manuscript name-of-boat markings and others including one Chicago to Davenport railroad circular datestamp, some covers have edge flaws but overall the condition is quite acceptable with many clear strikes, Fine-Very Fine and worthwhile group, see website PDF for complete scan

E. 500-750
850