Lot
3055 
Dubuque, Iowa, Apr 18 1857, cds ties 3¢ dull red (11), clear to large margins, on buff cover to North Cambridge, Mass. with blue Steamer Key City illustrated Galena, Dubuque, Dunleith & Minnesota Packet Company corner card showing steamboat; minor edge wear and small tear, F.-V.F., ex-Risvold. Milgram No. 755 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
THIS IS THE MILGRIM LISTING EXAMPLE FOR THE STEAMER KEY CITY, AND THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE.
This design for the "Key City" was one of a number of printed corner cards used only during the late 1850s for different vessels. The "Key City" was a side-wheeler of 359 tons built at Cincinnati in 1857 for the Minnesota Packet Co. She was abandoned in 1870.
Realized: $1,200