By: Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc.
lot # 4064 - chesapeake bay - potomac - alabama and florida alabama
(Tombigbee River) Frank Lyon. Clear strike of red oval illustrated handstamp depicting a Lion, on folded letter datelined "Moscow, March 20 / 52" to Mobile Ala., black "Steam 5" double oval rating handstamp, Very Fine, ex-Eggen. Milgram No. 473.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THIS DESIRABLE ILLUSTRATED PACKET MARKING.
Letters were carried by non-contract steamboats on the Tombigbee River. The Frank Lyon employed an unusual cachet incorporating the silhouette of a lion. Moscow is located 11 miles down river from Demopolis.
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