Lot
45 
Steamer El Passo, boxed magenta handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "St. Louis Oct. 3d 1850" folded letter to Major John Dougherty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, letter reads "…We are shipping the goods for Ft. Kearny on the St. Ange as the El Passo cannot take them and we think the prospect is quite as good for them reaching you as soon - She is to leave on Saturday…", Very Fine and choice. Milgram No. 404 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THE RARE STEAM EL PASSO FRAMED STEAMBOAT HANDSTAMP.
We have never offered this steamer handstamp. This is the illustration example for no. 404 in Milgram. This letter was carried privately on the Missouri River aboard the steamboat "El Passo" from St. Louis to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory.
Realized: $2,300