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United States and Confederate States Postal History continued...

Steamboat and Way Markings continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
540 c Chesapeake Bay Steamboat Uses. Six folded letters or covers, including blue Baltimore circular datestamp with "Steam" and "10" in circle handstamps to New York (1846 use), red "Potomac Steamboat Jun." circular datestamp with "10" handstamp to New Orleans (1847 use), red "Steamboat" straightline and manuscript "18-1/2" rate on 1823 folded letter from Norfolk to Washington, red brown "Steamboat" straightline and "12-1/2" rate on 1825 folded letter from Baltimore to Philadelphia, another similar used in 1831, last is 1827 folded letter with red "Phil. 31 AU" circular datestamp and "Steamboat" and "Free" handstamp to postmaster at Chenango Point N.Y., few with light vertical file folds and slight overall soiling (both to be expected), Very Fine group

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $500.00
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541 c Long Island Sound and Connecticut River Steam Boat Uses. 19 folded letters or covers, including 1839 folded letter from New York to Providence with red "Stonington Con. Dec. 24" circular datestamp and large red "Steam" handstamp with "37-1/2" manuscript rate (described by Calvet M. Hahn as earliest recorded), two similar single rate uses from 1840, another similar 1842 use to Killingby Conn. with Stonington markings in black, two with blue Middletown circular datestamps and "Steamboat" handstamps with "5" in circle (one to Middletown, other to Portland Conn.), 1845 folded letter from New York to Bridgeport Conn. with red "Steamboat" handstamp and "5" rate carried on the Housatonic Railroad's Nimrod (some wear), 1843 use from New York to Norwich Conn. with "Steam Boat", some markings applied in Hartford (1833 and 1834, early uses), Springfield Mass., Middletown Conn., New London (1842), couple of minor faults, Very Fine and attractive group mostly carried on the Connecticut River

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $550.00
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542 c Long Island Sound Steamboat Uses. Nine folded letters or covers, including Nov. 21, 1846 folded letter from Albany to Boston with "Steamer 5" in oval described by Calvet M. Hahn as earliest recorded post carried on the Oregon, 1847 folded letter carried on the Oregon to Silas Pierce in Boston, two others also carried by the same vessel in 1847, interesting 1847 use from Boston to Kingston N.Y. apparently carried outside of the mails until put on the Oregon to New York and then upriver to destination, 1831 folded cover from Providence to Philadelphia via New York with red "Steamboat" handstamp, 1836 folded letter from Albany to New York with "Steam Boat" and "Too Late" handstamps, overall a Very Fine and attractive group

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $325.00
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543 c New England Steamboat Uses. 27 folded letters or covers, including 1823 use from Providence to Bristol R.I. with small "Steamboat" straightline and manuscript "39" rate (noted by Calvet M. Hahn as second earliest recorded handstamp at Providence); 1831 folded letter from Newport to Fall River Mass. with large "Steamboat" and manuscript "18-3/4" rate, four with red "Steamboat/18-3/4" two-line handstamps, four with similar marking in circle, 1825 use from Providence to Bristol with small red "Packet" handstamp, two used from New Bedford with "Steam" handstamps (one in blue, one in red), few with minor faults, Very Fine group with some better markings

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,200.00
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544 c New York Steamboat Uses. 88 folded letters or covers, including ten with the Buffalo "Steamboat" in scroll including one with "Free" handstamp (struck in red) to Washington D.C., rates on others including 6c, 12c, 18-3/4c and 25c, also "Due 5" in scroll mark from Lake Erie to Detroit, some markings from Lake Ontario, manuscript "S.B. 6" of Oswego (2) plus another rated 7c and one more rated 10c, "Rouses Point N.Y. pr Boat Sep. 10" manuscript pmk., large manuscript "B" from Lake Champlain, other Lake Champlain items including "S.B. Lake Champlain" circular datestamp, few items of Lake Chautauqua Mail, blue boxed "Troy & New York Steam Boat" handstamp, range of destinations including Ohio and Michigan, some faults to be expected, Very Fine or better, a valuable holding which could augment an existing collection or form the nucleus of an expanded collection

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,750.00
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545 c Southern Waterways Uses. Eleven folded letters or covers, including 1828 folded letter from New Orleans to Providence R.I. endorsed "Russell" at lower left with New York circular datestamp and "Mail Route" in arc (went up Mississippi then from Erie to New York), few name-of-vessel markings including "From Steamer Osceola" in oval, small oval "Paid/F.A. Dentzel/Agt. P.O." on 1851 use to New Orleans, "From Steamer W.H. Farmer" oval on cover to plantation on the Black River, large "HOMER" straightline, 1851 folded letter with blue oval "* SAXON *" handstamp to New Orleans, light strike of "Steamer S.W. Downs" handstamp on cover with "Way 11 Cents" handstamp, few with faults, overall a fresh and Very Fine group

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $250.00
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