Lot
4348 
Missouri River Packet Omaha, oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire to Hartford Ct., carried to St. Louis where "Steam" straightline cancels indicia indicating passage on a non-contract steamboat, Very Fine and attractive, ex-John A. Eggen, Dr. Vernon Morris Jr.; with 2002 P.F. certificate. Milgram No. 1027 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Mails carried on the Missouri River are rare. During the short contract periods for Jefferson City to St. Joseph, the only contracts on the Missouri, Routes 929 June 1857 to May 1858 and 10409 June 1858 to February 1859, only three covers are recorded used on these routes. During the two years that contracts ran, a further seven name-of-boat cachets are recorded on the river including the "Omaha" and "Morning Star".
Realized: $700