Lot
1221 
(New Jersey Steam Navigation Co., L.I. Sound Route 801) "Steamer 10", complete strike of red oval rating handstamp on folded letter datelined "Boston July 21st 1847" to Philadelphia Pa., carried by either the Oregon or Knickerbocker west from Stonington to New York on Route 801; file folds, Very Fine. Estimate $500 - 750.
ONE OF ONLY NINE RECORDED "STEAMER 10" USAGES ON THE STONINGTON-NEW YORK WESTWARD SAILING.
The route agent's "Steamer 10" rating handstamp is not known with the Oregon suffix. The census of 10¢ covers on this route reveals the rarity of this marking on covers going west from Stonington to New York.
Realized: $500