Steam Packet Columbia. Red 2-line handstamp on ca. 1838 folded letter sheet to the Surgeon General of the Republic of Texas, manuscript "Free" franking at top, Very Fine, operated in the Gulf of Mexico between Galveston and New Orleans. Milgram No. 266. Estimate  $500 - 750. $0 (Image)

Steam Packet Columbia. Light strike of straight-line handstamp on brittle 1838 folded cover from New Orleans to Matagorda with oval "Galveston, Texas" postmark & manuscript "Ship 56½" rate, cover with all over aging & contents split from outer lettersheet, part of back replaced, Fine. Milgram No. 267. Estimate  $100 - 150. $0 (Image)