From Regular Freight Passenger Steamer Paul Jones, blue shield handstamp on 3¢ red on buff entire from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La.; typical filing holes, light wear, F.-V.F. Milgram No. 1066  Estimate $200 - 300. The Paul Jones ran the Pittsburgh to New Orleans trade from 1855 to 1858. Said to have been the vessel that Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) took from Cincinnati to New Orleans when he became a Mississippi steamboat pilot. A side wheel steamer of 353 tons built at McKeesport Pa. in 1855. Operated under the Confederate flag until burnt on the Big Black River to prevent capture. $0 (Image)

From Regular Freight Passenger Steamer Paul Jones, sharp strike of shield handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt entire from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., additional strike of handstamp on flap; usual filing holes, Very Fine, ex-Dr. Carroll Chase. Milgram No. 1067  Estimate $400 - 600. This is a different "Paul Jones", the fifth of this name built in 1855 running Pittsburgh-New Orleans and later New Orleans-Camden on the Ouachita River. $0 (Image)