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Vessel-Named Stampless Covers (#2)
Items listed by Milgram number,
with page number of photo if illustrated in Vessel Name Markings on
United States Inland and Ocean Waterways 1810-1890
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| 9876 |
(Milgram 192)
Steamer CHALMETTO (Mississippi and Ouachita Rivers), XF
red oval hand stamp on 1849 folded letter to Trinity, La., very
minor edge wear, Very
Fine and attractive. |
$250 |
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| 9877 |
(Milgram 256, illustrated p. 186)
STEAMER CLARA (Missouri River), VF
octagonal boxed red hand stamp on 1851 printed & illustrated folded
Bill of Lading from St. Louis to Lexington, couple vertical file
folds, still
Very Fine. |
$250 |
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| 9085 |
(Milgram 291)
SFL, VF
and intact,
bearing a VF
red oval "STEAMER CORA" shaded
letter, Ouachita & Mississippi rivers steamboat hand stamp, datelined
Champagnolle, Ark 6 MAR 1849
(DPO Union County 1846-1918) to New Orleans. |
$95$85 |
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| 9879 |
(Milgram 352, tracing illustrated p. 228)
GALLIPOLIS & KANAWHA REGULAR TRI-WEEKLY PACKET, D.M. Sechler (Ohio
and Kanawha Rivers), VF
fancy illustrated (rooster) oval hand stamp on cover to Red House,
KY., reduced at left, F-VF
and rare, this may be the only known example of this marking and is
the listing example in Milgram. |
$325 |
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| 9888 |
(Milgram 434)
U.S. Mail Steamship FAH KEE (Atlantic Ocean), VF
shield hand stamp on back flap of 1867 folded letter from St. Jago
de Cuba to New York, Brooks & Co. dated hand stamp, postmarked bold
New York "Steamship 10" hand stamp on front. The “Fah Kee”
was a steamship under contract to the Post Office Department but
applied its hand stamp for documentation purpose. Very
Fine and fresh. |
$150 |
 |
| 9881 |
(Milgram 448)
PACKET FARMER (Alabama River), VF
and unusual multi-lined fancy oval hand stamp with internal opposing
leaves on intact cover, mended tear at right, F-VF, attractive
strike of this oval hand stamp, quite scarce. |
$500 |
 |
| 9882 |
(Milgram 473, illustrated p. 283)
FRANK
LYON (Alabama and later Mississippi Rivers), VF
red oval illustrated hand stamp picturing a lion on 1852 folded letter
to Mobile, Very
Fine and scarce, a
lovely example of this fancy marking which may well be the finest
known. |
$350 |
 |
| 9883 |
(Milgram 497)
STEAMER GENL. LAFAYETTE (Ohio River), complete
red oval hand stamp on 1848 folded letter from New Orleans to
Evansville, Ind, manuscript "Gen. Lafayette" and "10" rate, Very
Fine and choice. |
SOLD |
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| 9886 |
(Milgram 935, illustrated p. 493)
STEAMER MONTPELIER Oct 15 1863 (Providence River and Narragansett Bay), bold
and complete shield hand stamp on small, intact hand carried cover to
"Present" with original "Complimentary Pass" of the vessel enclosure.
An extremely fine cover, marking and rare matching enclosure. |
$350 |
 |
| 9887 |
(Milgram 1214, illustrated p. 617)
From
STEAMER ROCKAWAY (Mississippi River), VF
red oval on intact stampless cover to Middlebury, Vt., postmarked
partial red New Orleans cds, packet marking over red rate hand stamp
(which appears to be "Way 11 Cents"), tiny tear at top right. Very
Fine and attractive, this is the only recorded example. |
$275 |
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