Lot
2801 
Steamboat Mails, 1820s-1870s, collection of 81 covers with a variety of "Steam" and "Steamboat"markings, noted includes "Steamboat" straightline cancels U58 entire to Newport R.I.; "Steam Boat" straightline ties #65 and "Due 1" in circle on cover to Springfield Mass.; 1839 Providence red "Steam Boat" straightline, 1837 New York red "Steam Boat" straightline, 1838 Boston red "Steam" straightline, 1829 ms. "R Hook Landg" to New York with small red "Steam Boat" straightline; 1840 Norfolk to Warrington with bluish green "Steamboat" straightline; 1832 Newport R.I. large red "Steam-Boat" straightline; Cincinnati blue cds and matching "Steam" straightline on #U10 Nesbitt entire, 1851 Buffalo N.Y. blue fancy scroll "Steam-Boat" handstamp to New York; 1862 Fall River Mass. "Steam" and matching #65 tied by grid cancel to Brooklyn N.Y.; red "Hudson Riv. Mail N.Y." route agent cds on two covers with "10" and "5" ratings; etc., some mixed condition but many better usages. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
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Realized: $1,250