C. 1855 CARD ADVERTISING THE CLIPPER SHIP WINGED ARROW SAILING TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM BOSTON.
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$236.00 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
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Auction #220 - Part I
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Item Description
3-3/8 x 5.75" card with blank reverse promoting "The Famous EXTREME Clipper Ship/Winged Arrow!/Nathaniel Matthews, Commander" leaving "From Lewis Wharf/To Sail On Or Before/Saturday, June 16"  (no year specified) "For San Francisco". Additional text names "Glidden & Williams Line" and states "This Clipper Is Well Known To The Trade".  Card has only the most minimal age traces and the slightest corner rounding. No creases. To see a beautiful 1853 painting of this ship with its sea dragon figurehead google the words: Winged Arrow Clipper Ship Painting and then click on the artist's name Fitz Henry Lane. VF and Rare.
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