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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1848 |
| From City | New Orleans |
| From State | LA |
| To City | New Orleans |
| To State | LA |
| Addressee | N. N. Wilkinson |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert # | |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
Chronicle 70
There are few Mississippi River packet 1847 covers and it is impossible to tell their origin unless the entire letter is still present an d its contents known. A black "STEAM" on covers is typical of these packet marks and the same "STEAM" seems to have been used by several packets. It is possible to say four of these packet covers were mailed at St. Louis and three have the small black grid shown here. All four are to New Orleans and to the same addressee. These Mississippi packets were non-contract carriers and the "STEAM" was probably struck at New Orleans to indicate origin. A small black grid is so far known only on the covers originating at St. Louis and it may have been struck there.
Not listed in Alexander
(There are no 10c covers to New Orleans listed as pr Amaranth, which was a packet boat built in St. Louis in 1846 and sank in 1852)
Lot 201 10c Black (2), three margins touching at left, tied by open bars in circle in black on 1848 folded cover from St. Louis to New Orleans with matching STEAM straight-line, ms. per Amarath, fine, very rare
Robert G. Kauffman sale 66 (Hart) realized 1400
Matthew Bennett International sale 191 lot 157
There are few Mississippi River packet 1847 covers and it is impossible to tell their origin unless the entire letter is still present an d its contents known. A black "STEAM" on covers is typical of these packet marks and the same "STEAM" seems to have been used by several packets. It is possible to say four of these packet covers were mailed at St. Louis and three have the small black grid shown here. All four are to New Orleans and to the same addressee. These Mississippi packets were non-contract carriers and the "STEAM" was probably struck at New Orleans to indicate origin. A small black grid is so far known only on the covers originating at St. Louis and it may have been struck there.
Not listed in Alexander
(There are no 10c covers to New Orleans listed as pr Amaranth, which was a packet boat built in St. Louis in 1846 and sank in 1852)
Lot 201 10c Black (2), three margins touching at left, tied by open bars in circle in black on 1848 folded cover from St. Louis to New Orleans with matching STEAM straight-line, ms. per Amarath, fine, very rare
Robert G. Kauffman sale 66 (Hart) realized 1400
Matthew Bennett International sale 191 lot 157
