Worldwide United States (Route 8165) Passenger Packet Vicksburg
Sale No: 57
Lot No:4095
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(Route 8165) Passenger Packet Vicksburg, neat strike of fancy framed handstamp cancels 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from the Carroll Hoy & Co. correspondence to New Orleans La.; usual filing holes, Very Fine. Milgram No. 1409 Estimate $300 - 400. The first "Vicksburg" was built in 1857 running New Orleans-Vicksburg. It went to Confederate registry in 1861 and she was rammed by the U.S. "Queen of the West" in February 1863. $0 (Image)