Lot 938
1815 Post Office Circular - Steamboat Mail Service on the Hudson River, printed circular signed by Postmaster Return J. Meigs, General Post Office, March 21, 1815 to Post Office at Athens, N.Y. with brown "Washn City" cds and matching "Free" rating handstamp to the Athens, N.Y. Postmaster, circular clarifying non-contract ship rates and announcing the letting of contracts for steamboat service on the Hudson River, aged folds, Very Fine and rare, a wonderful item which must have seen very limited circulation., ex-Eggen.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $1,600