Lot 790
(Connecticut) Windsor Locks, Ct., "Sep 19", second type fancy illustrated Steamboat in Lock postmark in red with manuscript dating and matching "18¾" rating on 1843 folded letter to Bath N.H.; edge tear and faults, F.-V.F., A rare example of the second type Windsor Locks fancy illustrated steamboat in lock postmark..Estimate $300 - 400.
Alfred Smith, president of the Enfield Falls Canal Company, proposed to change the name of Pine Meadow to Windsor Locks. The Windsor Locks Post Office was opened in 1833 and was located in a store near a grist mill owned by Charles Haskell Dexter. He eventually was appointed first postmaster.
Realized: $250