Sale 6

Spring 2015 Sale


Mississippi River Packets
 
 
Lot Photo Description Bidding
Lot 160

Ouachita Packet PRINCETON, arc & straight line with "Cotton Bale" at center, neatly printed in blue on folded letter datelined "Camden Mar 28, 1848". A fancy and appropriate design (Milgram 1146).
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
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Current Bid
$950
Lot 161

Steamer W.N. SHERMAN, red double ring oval with center ornament, light but fine strike, on 3¢ red entire bearing manuscript "pr. M.L. Doneghuly" (Milgram 1471).
Estimate $400 - 600

Steamed on Red & Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. Handstamp also comes without center ornament. Known used in 1853. No example in the Hugh Feldman Collection
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Current Bid
$525