Holabird’s Western Americana Collections Sale: 2004
Worldwide Stamps and Covers Ephemera Worldwide
Sale No: 2004
Lot No:3002
Symbol:
Mail Bag (St. Lawrence) S.S. Julie Plante The only references that could be found online was 'The Wreck of the Julie Plante'. A dialect poem subtitled 'A Legend of Lac St. Pierre' by William Henry Drummond, published in his The Habitant & Other Poems in 1897. May Harvey Drummond in her unpublished biography of her husband describes him writing the verse ca 1879. Article by Philip J. Thomas, & Edith Fowke, February 7, 2006. This mail bag is 16" x 23". Surprisingly good shape for its age. Made of leather & canvass, with copper rivets & metal locking pin at top. Interesting lot. Est. $500-1,000 (Image)