Kelleher 777. Auktion 15. - 17. November 2022 Los 140 USA Steamboat St. James, red oval cancel at top left with two additional strikes alongside and manuscript "St. James" at bottom left, bold "WAY 1" handstamp at center, on folded letter franked by Scott #10 with huge margins with traces of neighboring stamps on three sides to in and tied by bold 7-bar grid cancel, addressed to Wall & deSaulles of New Orleans, red "New Orleans La. Nov. ?" arrival circular datestamp, datelined "Rodney (Mississippi) 4 Nov. 1851", business contents, minor staining along horizontal file fold through address, Fine to Very Fine, Privately owned vessles transported mail between New Orleans and towns along the Mississippi River. The New Orleans postmaster required the ships to stamp the envelopes with the name of the ship on incoming mail. These were treated as Way letters at an additional charge of 1¢. The St. James exploded on Lake Pontchartrain on July 5, 1852, killing 30 people aboard, ex-Lippman, with 2009 Weiss certificate. Milgram 1310 Ausruf 200,00 USD