1c Blue, Type IV (9). Recut once at top and bottom, large margins to slightly in at top, tied by light strike of blue "Evansville Ind. Jan. 24" circular datestamp on blue folded printed New Orleans Prices Current to Indianapolis Ind., well-struck red "Steamer Reindeer" with fleuron name-of-boat oval handstamp, red "Forwarded by O'Riley & Mitchell, Evansville Ind." handstamp at left

VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF A CIRCULAR SENT BY STEAMBOAT FROM NEW ORLEANS TO INDIANAPOLIS ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVERS VIA EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

There were two steamers named Reindeer that were destroyed in catastrophic incidents in the early 1850s, each of which involved considerable loss of life. The first operated on the Albany-New York Hudson River route and exploded in September 1852. The second, which carried this cover, was a Mississippi and Ohio River steamer that was destroyed when its boiler exploded on the Ohio River between Cannelton, Indiana, and Hawesville, on March 13, 1854, resulting in 38 deaths.

Ex Newbury, Grunin and Bailar.

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