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 (Route 8106) New Orleans & Vicksburg Saturday Packet Magenta, oval corner card on 3¢ pink (U58) entire to Natchez Miss., indicia canceled by Natchez "Steam" straightline without usual arrival cds, Very Fine, ex Klein-Somdal, H. Bohren.
Milgram No. 829 Estimate $400 - 600. (Image1)
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SOLD for $375.00
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| 4102 |
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 (Route 8106) N.O. & Vicksburg Packet R.E. Lee, complete strike of blue oval handstamp on 3¢ pink entire to Port Gibson Miss., cancelled by indistinct "Gulf Port, Miss. cds; flap tear, Very Fine. Milgram No. 1176 Estimate $200 - 300. John
W. Cannon was one of the more famous Mississippi steamboat owners, he raced his Robert E. Lee against Thomas Leathers Natchez from New Orleans to St. Louis on a number of occasions. Although Cannon did not hold a contract until 1875, he was running
as a sub-contractor to A.S. Mansfield between 1866 and 1870 on Route 8106. (Image1)
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| 4103 |
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 (Route 8106) Vicksburg, Natchez & New Orleans U.S. Mail Packet R.E. Lee, fancy cds on 3¢ pink (U58) entire, slightly oxidized, from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., cover tears and filing holes, Fine. Milgram No. 1177
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)
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SOLD for $250.00
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| 4104 |
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 (Routes 30093 & 30096) Vick. & N.O., Feb 2, duplex on 1¢ postal card (UX1) from "E.W. Whitman, Steamboat Agent, Bayou Sara, La., /76" to Oxford Ga., put onto Route 30096 to New Orleans where transferred to the Great Northern Mails via
Mobile and Atlanta to Oxford on the Atlanta to Augusta Railroad, Very Fine. Towle No. M-15-m Estimate $150 - 200. In the four year contract period July 1875 to June 1879, two separate contracts ran on the New Orleans to Vicksburg route. Leathers,
Tobin and Cannon for Route 30093 at $33,000 a year with twice a week service and on alternate days Matthew Draper at $27,000 a year for three trips a week on Route 30096. This appears to have been a unique arrangement for this route. (Image1)
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SOLD for $240.00
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| 4105 |
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 New Orleans-Vicksburg Route Agent Datestamps, group of three different comprising "New Orleans & Cairo Riv. Mail, Oct 7" red cds (Towle M-4-a) ties 3¢ dull red (11) on 3¢ red Nesbitt entire to Vicksburg, large repair at left; "N.O. &
Vicksburg R.M. Jan 16" blue cds (Towle M-15-a) ties #26 on orange cover endorsed "Steamer Roebuck" from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., stain bottom right; and "V. & N.O. M. L. Jan 5" cds (Towle M-15-k) on 3¢ pink (U59) entire from
Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., a Fine trio. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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SOLD for $170.00
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| 4106 |
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 "Memp. & Vicksburg U.S. M. Pkt. Jul 8", blue route agent cds with matching target canceling 3¢ pink (U58) entire from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La.; top edge faults slightly improved with flap, Very Fine, ex-John Hall
Sr. Towle No. M-6-a Estimate $100 - 150. The Postmaster General's Report for 1868 states the route of 447 miles was contracted at $20,800 per year for a twice a week service. The information on this route was not found in the Star Route Bid
Registers. (Image1)
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| 4107 |
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 (Route 8166) New Orleans & Memphis Packet T.P. Leathers, red oval handstamp on buff envelope from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., red "New Orleans La. Jan 5" cds and black "Steam 5" rating handstamp; usual filing holes,
Very Fine. Milgram No. 1378 Estimate $500 - 750. "T.P. Leathers" of 435 gross tons was built at Memphis in 1852 and registered there February 6th 1852. Owned jointly by her Master Capt. Charles Pierce and James Boro. Burnt at Natchez January 10th
1853, salvaged and re-registered in New Orleans in October 1853. This cover was therefore carried on the last down river voyage prior to the fire.In 1858 Route 8166 was advertised for bids for a three times a week service. The contract was awarded to
the Memphis & New Orleans Steam Packet Company at $76,000 per annum. The high value of the contract related to the transfer of the Southern Mails to a route from Washington via Memphis to New Orleans. (Image1)
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SOLD for $625.00
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| 4108 |
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 (Route 6102) Steamer Gipsy, red oval handstamp on 1854 cover to New Orleans La., endorsed "Fm W.V. Babin Sheriff 30 Mar /54" who was Sheriff at St. Francisville La., entered mails with red "New Orleans La. Apr 1" cds and black "Steam 5"
rating; minor tear at right, some tape on reverse, Very Fine, ex-Klein-Somdal, Clippert. Milgram No. 510 Estimate $200 - 300. The "Gipsy" of 298 tons was built at Louisville, Kentucky in 1848 and ran the New Orleans to Bayou Sara trade under Capt.
James H. Ure. She was burnt and lost at Torras, Louisiana on 7th December 1854. (Image1)
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| 4109 |
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 (Route 6102) Steamer St. Charles, red boxed handstamp with shaded St. Charles lettering, on blue folded letter datelined "New Orleans Decr. 6. 1851" and addressed to Plaquemine La. that was located 112 miles up river from New Orleans on
the 165 route to St. Francisville, previously unrecorded Plaquemine red "Steam 5" rating; folds have been non-archivally taped, Very Fine and rare marking, ex-John A. Eggen, Clippert. Milgram No. 1301 Estimate $600 - 800. The "St. Charles" of 311
tons was built at Cincinnati in 1850 for Samuel Applegate and others for the Red River trade. From this cover it is probable that Applegate ran her to St. Francisville. Contracted by the trip, Route 6102 connected the port for St. Francisville (Bayou
Sara) with New Orleans between 1849 and June 1858. (Image1)
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SOLD for $525.00
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 (Route 6164) From Steamer Capitol, colorless embossed oval on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with "New Orleans La Aug 13 1859" cds and matching "Steamboat" straightline; some
cover creasing, accompanied by Steamer Capitol (Milgram 174) red oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., some creasing and usual filing holes, Fine exhibit pair. Milgram No. 173, 174 Estimate
$300 - 400. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS EMBOSSED PACKET MARKING. Only two embossed name-of-boat cachets are recorded by Milgram. One was used on the "Capitol" in 1859., the unique example offered here with an incomplete strike caused by
an overlap. (Image1)
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SOLD for $290.00
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| 4111 |
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 (Route 7305) Bayou Sara Packet Laurel Hill, red oval handstamp on circa 1857 orange buff cover from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., bearing 3¢ dull red (26) tied by "Way" handstamp, matching partial "New Orleans La. Nov
25" cds; usual filing hole, small top edge and flap tears, Very Fine. Milgram No. 774 Estimate $300 - 400. Bayou Sara was the Mississippi River port serving St. Francisville. In February 1855, John A. Cotton and Joseph G. Landry were awarded the
contract for Route 7305 for a three times a week service between the port of Bayou Sara servicing St. Francisville and New Orleans for $25,000 per annum. The contract was renewed in 1858 at $33,400 per annum. (Image1)
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SOLD for $290.00
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 (Route 8003) N.O. & Bayou Sara Packet Welcome, blue oval handstamp on 3¢ pink entire (U58) from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., endorsed "with 13 Bales cotton", pencil "Perdido" directs letter to Joseph Hoy's
establishment at 38 Perdido St.; usual filing holes, Very Fine. Milgram No. 1445 Estimate $100 - 150. After the Civil War, the contact for New Orleans to St. Francisville was awarded as Route 8003 to Phoebe Ann Drury at $2,912 a year for two a week
service. (Image1)
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| 4113 |
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 Steamer Amazon, red boxed handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "Miden 20th April 1850" from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., endorsed "Amazon" at lower left, entered mails "New Orleans La. Apr 23" cds with matching
"Steam 10" rating handstamp, Very Fine. Milgram No. 44 Estimate $600 - 800. The "Amazon" of 138 tons was built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1847 and was enrolled at St. Louis for the St. Louis to New Orleans trade. (Image1)
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| 4114 |
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 Steamer Bayou Belle, red oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from the Carroll Hoy & Co. correspondence to New Orleans La.; usual filing hole, Very Fine, ex- John R. Hill Jr. Milgram No. 94 Estimate $200 - 300. The Bayou Belle of
168 tons was built at Murraysville Va. in 1855 for Capt. J.D. Walker to run trade from New Orleans. (Image1)
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| 4115 |
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 Packet Belle Sulphur, vivid red oval handstamp on orange buff cover from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., endorsed "Bell Sulphur" and "Freight", entered mails with "New Orleans La. Jan 26" cds and bearing 3¢ dull red (11A),
margins to touched, tied by matching "Steam" straightline; usual filing hole, light vertical bend, Very Fine, ex-Carroll Chase. Milgram No. 110 Estimate $400 - 600.
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| 4116 |
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 Steamer Brilliant, red oval handstamp ties 3¢ orange brown (10) on 1851 folded letter datelined "Bayou Sara August 25th 1851" to New Orleans La.; some docketed at lower right and horizontal fold, F.-V.F., a rare example of this marking.
Milgram No. 141 Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)
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| 4117 |
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 "Caravan", manuscript endorsement with matching "Bill of Lading Enclosed" on folded letter datelined "N.O. July 10 1828" from New Orleans to Pinkneyville Miss., entered mails with manuscript "Steam" and "37½" ratings, carried by the
Caravan to Fort Adams and then 8 miles to Pinkneyville, addressed in care of C. Evans Hall who was the first postmaster appointed for Fort Adams; small corner mend lower left, F.-V.F. Estimate $500 - 750. From 1824, all navigable waters were deemed
to be post roads. All mail carried on them was charged by the sheet and mileage, the only exception being Bills of Lading. "Caravan" of 221 tons was built at Cincinnati in 1825 and enrolled at New Orleans May 1825 with Joseph Pierce as Master and
owner. (Image1)
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| 4118 |
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 Steamer Emperor, red circular handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "Grand Gulf Sept. 18th 1851" from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., endorsed "Natchez #2", the Emperor was built in 1847 for the Vicksburg to New
Orleans trade and was running this trip on that route; horizontal fold through margin, Very Fine, a scarce marking. Milgram No. 413 Estimate $300 - 400.
(Image1)
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 Steamer Gen. Worth, red oval handstamp on folded cover docketed "1849 Dec. 31" and endorsed "With a Guitar" from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La.; horizontal file fold, Very Fine. Milgram No. 507 Estimate $300 - 400. The
"General Worth" was running Lake Providence to New Orleans in 1849. (Image1)
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 Steamer Gen'l Quitman, blue oval handstamp on 3¢ red Star die buff entire (U27) from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La.; usual filing holes, Very Fine, ex-John R. Hill Jr. Milgram No. 500 Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)
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| 4121 |
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 Steamer Geo. Collier, sharp strike of red oval handstamp on blue folded 1852 letter to New Orleans La., bearing 3¢ brownish carmine (11A var.), mostly full margins except just in at top right, tied by grid cancel, red "New Orleans La. Oct
18" cds and black "Steam" straightline handstamp, Very Fine, ex Klein-Somdal; with 1985 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 11A var. Milgram No. 508 Estimate $500 - 750.
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| 4122 |
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 Gov. Jones, red fancy circular handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "New Orleans 12 May 1846" and addressed to Nashville Tenn., Illustrated in Milgram on page 312. Milgram No. 539 Estimate $500 - 750. The "Gov. Jones" of 396 tons
was built at New Albany, Indiana in 1844. It does not appear in the New Orleans enrollment register, so its home port is not known. It is possible that the letter was carried all the way from New Orleans to Nashville by the boat. (Image1)
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| 4123 |
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 Steamer Grand Real, large blue oval handstamp on small blue cover from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans, bearing 3¢ dull red (26) tied by oval and partial Vicksburg Miss. cds; typical file holes, Very Fine, Illustrated in
Milgram on page 317., ex-Wagshal; with 1985 P.F. certificate. Milgram No. 548 Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image1)
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| 4124 |
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 Steamboat Grey Eagle, Oct 16 1865, cds on yellow cover to New Orleans La. bearing 3¢ rose (65) cancelled by four-rings; cover reduced at right and top edge reinforced with light fold through stamp, Fine, Illustrated in Milgram on page
326. Milgram No. 567 Estimate $100 - 150. Envelope carried on the "Grey Eagle" to New Orleans prior to the reestablishment of the Vicksburg to New Orleans Star Route in June 1866. (Image1)
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 From Steamer H.M. Wright, bold strike in red of double oval handstamp on blue folded cover from the Carroll Hoy & Co. correspondence to New Orleans La., red "New Orleans La. Nov 20" cds and bearing 1851, 3¢ dull red tied by "Way"
handstamp, Very Fine, Illustrated in Milgram on page 346., ex-Wagshal. Milgram No. 608 Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)
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 Steamer H.M. Wright, red oval handstamp on buff cover addressed to Warrenton Miss., bearing uncancelled 3¢ dull red (11A), carried outside the mails on Route 7511; reduced at right, internal cover tear affects margin, Fine, a scarce
marking. Milgram No. 609 Estimate $200 - 300. The H.M. Wright of 366 tons was built for the New Orleans - Vicksburg trade and owned by J.W. Arthur & Co. and Capt. J.D. Clarke who was also her Master. Sold June 1954 to Capt. Charles H. Manson. (Image1)
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| 4127 |
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 From Steamer J.M. Relf, red oval handstamp on orange cover from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans, partial red "New Orleans La. Jul 5" cds and black "Steam 5" rating handstamp; light horizontal fold and typical file holes,
Very Fine, Illustrated in Milgram on page 390., ex-Bingham. Milgram No. 702 Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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| 4128 |
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 J.M. Turner, 10-line stencil handstamp on reverse of 3¢ green entire cancelled by "New Orleans Jun 28" duplex, addressed to the care of the postmaster at Hermitage La. who was also the agent for the False River Line, blue Bouton et Fil &
Co. merchant handstamp, a Very Fine marking, ex-Paul Rohloff; with 1999 P.F. certificate. Milgram No. 703 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS MISSISSIPPI RIVER STENCILLED CACHET. Only three examples of stencil Name-of-Boat
cachets have been recorded for inland waterway steamboats. That for the "J.M. Turner" and "Rose" is the most detailed of these. (Image1)
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| 4129 |
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 Steamer Josiah Lawrence, choice strike of red octagonal handstamp on buff cover to Greensburg La. endorsed "Via N Orleans", entered mails with red "New Orleans La. Apr 2" cds and matching "Way 6" rating handstamp, docketed "Recd Apl 6" at
right; mended bottom corners, F.-V.F., a rare marking, Illustrated by Milgram on page 730. Milgram No. 730 Estimate $300 - 400. Greensburg La. was located on the post road 44 miles northeast of Baton Rouge. Route 4829 was contracted by the trip, the
"Josiah Lawrence" ran the New Orleans to St. Louis trade from 1848 as a freight boat and clearly ran contract mail trips. (Image1)
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 Steamer Louis D'Or, neat oval handstamp cancels 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., endorsed "per Louis D'Or", usual filing hole; accompanied by Steamer Louis D'Or, Feb. 2nd 1861 passenger fare
receipt for Henry Marston and Negroes from Port Hudson probably to New Orleans, this was 24 days after Secession of Mississippi from the Union, a Very Fine pair. Milgram No. 812 Estimate $400 - 600. Marston owned plantations on the Mississippi River
and the Clinton Bank. A native of Massachusetts and opposed to slavery, he may have been trying to help escaped slaves. The "Louis D'Or" was a 343 ton steamboat built in 1860. (Image1)
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 From Steamer Louisa, red oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt entire to New Orleans, entered mails with red "New Orleans La. Aug 16" cds and black "Steam" straightline cancels indicia; tiny top opening nick and usual filing holes, Very Fine.
Milgram No. 810 Estimate $400 - 600. (Image1)
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 From Steamer M. Relf, red oval handstamp on orange cover from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La. bearing 1857, 3¢ dull red cancelled by partial grid cancel; cover tear and small flaws, taped flap tears, F.-V.F. Milgram No.
950 Estimate $150 - 200. The engines and other fittings of the "J.M. Relf" were used to build the "Milton Relf" in 1855. This is the same marking used for the "J.M. Relf" with the "J" removed. (Image1)
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 Steamer Majestic, boxed red handstamp on 1848 folded cover datelined New Orleans La. to Planta La., endorsed "Luna" at bottom left, which has been crossed out in pencil; some staining at top, F.-V.F. Milgram No. 844 Estimate $100 -
150. (Image1)
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| 4134 |
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 Steamer Mary Bess, blue oval handstamp on 3¢ red buff entire with Nesbitt seal on flap, from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with red "New Orleans La. Dec 7" cds and "Steam" straightline canceling indicia;
small flap flaw, couple light creases, Very Fine. Milgram No. 853 Estimate $200 - 300. The "Mary Bess" of 206 tons was built at Louisville in 1852 for Capt. Sam Montgomery and first enrolled at Mobile. Transferred to New Orleans register in 1853
under William Kimball and D.G. Hill’s ownership. (Image1)
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 Steamer Montgomery, inverted strike of red oval handstamp on light blue cover addressed to Ala., blue "Vicksburg Mo Feb 4" cds and matching "Steam" straightline handstamp; edge wear, F.-V.F. and scarce. Milgram No. 934 Estimate $200 -
300. (Image1)
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 S.B. Music, red fancy oval intaglio handstamp on blue folded letter datelined in French "Nouvelle Orleans le 10 Novembre 1847" addressed to Assumption La. (later Napoleon) on the Le Forche River, endorsed "With Freight one bundle Rope,
one bbl. Whiskey", Very Fine, ex-"Antoine"; with 1991 Holcombe certificate. Milgram No. 953 Estimate $600 - 800. Three steamboats named Music were in operation on the Mississippi between 1843 and the Civil War. Two were built for Ferdinand M. Shreck
who acted as their Master. This was the first "Music" of that name of 198 tons built at Jeffersonville Ind. in 1843. This "Music" was sold to Capt. Celestin Dalferes of Assumption Parish, La and was off the lists of registered vessels by 1849. (Image1)
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| 4137 |
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 Music, red oval handstamp on folded cover docketed "27th May 1851" to New Orleans La., endorsed "Valuable" at top, upon arrival red "Paid., F.A. Dentzel, Agt. P.O., N.O." oval handstamp struck by agent; minor ink erosion, F.-V.F. Milgram
No. 954 Estimate $300 - 400. The second "Music" of 273 tons, like the first, was built at Jeffersonville in 1850 for Capt. Ferdinand M. Shreck who ran her on the New Orleans to Bends Trade until 1859. (Image1)
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 From Steamer Natchez No. 2, red oval handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "Rodney Decr. 14 1850" to Philadelphia Pa., carried to New Orleans where entering the mails with red "New Orleans '10' Dec 21" integral cds and matching
"Steam" straightline, fresh and Very Fine. Milgram No. 969 Estimate $300 - 400. The "Natchez No. 2" was owned by Thomas Leathers and was possibly running Route 6003 contracted by the single trip at 2¢ a letter carried. (Image1)
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 New Orleans & Bayou Sara Freight Packet Grosse Tete, red oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with partial "New Orleans La. Oct 23" cds and matching "Steam"
straightline canceling indicia; usual filing holes, Very Fine. Milgram No. 571 Estimate $750 - 1,000. A CHOICE STRIKE OF THIS SCARCE STEAMBOAT HANDSTAMP. The "Grosse Tete" was built for John A. Cotton for the Bends trade. (Image1)
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 Steamer New World, choice bold strike of blue oval handstamp on buff cover addressed to New Orleans La., entered mails with partial red New Orleans cds and bearing 3¢ dull red (11A), pos. 29R3, four margins with tiny tear, tied by "Steam"
straightline; some edge wear, Very Fine. Milgram No. 1002 Estimate $750 - 1,000. A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE STEAMBOAT HANDSTAMP. (Image1)
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 From Steamer Osceola, clear strike of double-oval handstamp on 1850 folded letter datelined "Caldwell Parish, La. 6 Nov. 1850" to New Orleans La., red "New Orleans La. Nov. 19" cds and matching "Steam 10" circular rating handstamp; some
file folds and extra ink, F.-V.F. with a bold strike. Milgram No. 1040 Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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 From Steamer Osceola, red oval handstamp on folded letter datelined "Columbia Dec. 9th 1850" to New Orleans La., entered mails with red "New Orleans La. Dec 15" cds and matching "Steam 10" rating handstamp for over 300 miles, Very Fine.
Milgram No. 1040 Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)
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 Steamer Patrick Henry, perfect strike in brownish black on Feb. 8th 1849 folded letter from Yazoo City Miss. to Carroll & Hoy in New Orleans La., endorsed "attention of Mesr. Holmes & Co., Yahoo City by Mr Hants Waggon"; horizontal file
fold, Very Fine and choice strike, Illustrated in Milgram on page 548. Milgram No. 1056 Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)
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 Steamer Patrick Henry, bold strike of red oval and matching "Paid. E.A. Dentzel" agent oval handstamp on blue folded cover to New Orleans La., bearing 1851, 3¢ dull red tied by circular grid cancel, manuscript "order per freight", Oct.
12th docketing; slightly restored at left, horizontal file fold affects 3¢, F.-V.F. Milgram No. 1057 Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)
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 Paul Jones, fancy ornate Eagle framed straightline handstamp on folded letter datelined "Steamboat Concordia State Room No. 9. Mississippi River near Col. Morgan’s Landing, 15 January 1845" addressed to New Orleans, the letter was putonto
the New Orleans bound "Paul Jones" some 10 miles up river from St. Francisville. Milgram No. 1063 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. A postscript states "I shall not leave here before Thursday 25th Inst. Letters leaving New Orleans on Sunday morning per Paul
Jones will reach me at Natchez". This was the fourth "Paul Jones" built in 1843 and ran the New Orleans - Waterproof La. trade. (Image1)
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 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. (Image1)
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 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. (Image1)
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 From Steamer Planter, neat strike of cds cancels 3¢ red star die buff entire (U27) from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La.; usual filing holes, Very Fine and scarce. Milgram No. 1124 Estimate $300 - 400. The "Planter" of
343 tons was built in 1860 at Wheeling Va. in 1860. (Image1)
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 Steam Boat St. James, red double-oval handstamp on blue 1851 folded cover to New Orleans, La., endorsed "pr St. James" at bottom left and "B/L" at top right for bill of lading, signatures at right; horizontal fold, Very Fine, ex-Haas.
Milgram No. 1310 Estimate $400 - 600. The "St. James" exploded on Lake Pontchartrain on July 5, 1852, killing 30 people aboard. (Image1)
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 Steamboat "St. Martin", manuscript endorsement on folded bill of accountant datelined "Nouvelle Orleans 15 Mars 1833" addressed to the cotton plantation Delage at the False River located in Port Coupee Parish, carried to Hermitage located
opposite Port Hudson at the mouth off the False River, treated as Bill of Lading even though not endorsed, Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400. The "St. Martin" of 143 tons was built at New Albany Ind. in 1832 and enrolled at New Orleans in May 1833 with
the Union Steamboat Co. as owner. (Image1)
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 Steamer Vicksburg, blue rectangular handstamp on 3¢ pink entire (U58) to New Orleans La., endorsed "Per Steamer 'Vicksburg' " at top left, clean and Very Fine, a choice strike. Milgram No. 1413 Estimate $300 - 400. The Vicksburg of 572
tons was built at New Albany in 1861 as the Louisville. She served as a Union gunboat and sold to Daniel T. Head in 1865 and renamed Vicksburg. Ran the Vicksburg to New Orleans trade during the cotton seasons and burnt in July 1869. (Image1)
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 (Civil War Transport) "On Steamboat Meteor, Jan. 8th 1862", datelined on patriotic lettersheet showing sitting liberty in red design, accompanied by original yellow cover with blue patriotic Eagle with rays design endorsed "Army Letter,
Maj. W. Warner, 76th Oh" addressed to Hanover OH., probably carried by steamboat from Vicksburg area to Memphis, entered mails with "Memphis Ten Feb 6 1862" cds and matching "Due 3" rating handstamp and transferred to steamboat to Cairo and then
Cincinnati; edge wear and reduced at right, F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400. Many of the Mississippi mail boats were contracted to carry troops during the Civil War. The Meteor carried troops to the siege of Vicksburg in January 1862 and to the landings
at Bledsoe's and Hamblin's Landings, Arkansas in October of that year.Patriotic letter sheet contained within envelope reading : "Dear Uncle, I had not written to you for some in consequence of being where the mails did not reach us. We have been
down to Vicksburg on a little excursion but before going any further I will give you a little account of the trip, I do not remember the dates but never mind. We left Helena and proceeded down the Mississippi when we arrived at the mouth of the Yazoo
we started up the river having gone up that river about fifteen miles we disembarked but had not gone more than a mile before we came in sight of the rebels earthworks here we stopped and waited until the rest of troops disembarked when Gen. Frank P.
Blairs' brigade had landed and it marched about a mile towards Vicksburg and was soon engaged hotley with the rebels and night only ended the engagement…".
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 (Confederate Use - New Orleans) New Orleans La. Jan. 16, 1862, cds and matching bold "Steam 7" straightline rating handstamp for 5¢ postage plus 2¢ ship fee on fresh cover from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., endorsed
"Per Freight"; usual filing holes, Extremely Fine, ex-Wiseman, Engel, Haas, Birkinbine. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. A CHOICE AND RARE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PACKET BOAT USAGE. New Orleans surrendered to Vice Admiral Farragut on April 25th 1862, thus ending
the Confederate post office and the use of their handstamps and adhesives in the city. (Image1)
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 (Confederate Use - New Orleans) New Orleans La. Aug 14, 1861, double-circle river mail cds on cover to Port Gibson Miss. bearing New Orleans, La., 1861, 5¢ Brown (62X4), mostly large margins to just touching, tied by clear strike of "PD 5
CTS/N.O.P.O." two-line provisional handstamp and with partial "J. L. RIDDELL, P.M." straightline, endorsed Steamboat "Lafourche", "Grand Gulf Oct 15" transit cds; cover staining and edge wear, Fine. Scott No. 62X4 Estimate $3,000 - 4,000. AN
EXCEPTIONALLY RARE CONFEDERATE STEAMBOAT USE SHOWING THE COMBINATION OF PROVISIONAL HANDSTAMP TO CANCEL THE NEW ORLEANS 5¢ PROVISIONAL STAMP AND THE RIVER MAIL CDS AS POSTMARK. The "provisional" handstamp was also used at the New Orleans wharf office
to cancel mail put on board steamboats where the small double-circle datestamp was used to postmark the mails. This cover was carried by Confederate Steamboat "Lafourche" from New Orleans to Grand Gulf, where put off for the 7 miles to Port Gibson. (Image1)
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 (Early Lower Mississippi River) 1826 (Jun. 28) Bayou Sara, La. to New Orleans La., part folded letter docketed "28th June 1826" with text "I send this by a friend to B. Sara who will either mail it or have it to be sent down in the
Packet", New Orleans "Steam" straightline handstamp and red manuscript "37½" rating; filing docketing and vertical fold, F.-V.F. Estimate $500 - 750. A RARE EARLY EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST NEW ORLEANS "STEAM" RATING HANDSTAMP. In 1825, the established
practice of providing a 2¢ gratuity to ship captains for handing in letters at ports on tidal waters was extended to Masters of steamboats plying all navigable waters within the United States. To enable letters to be identified as having been handed
in from steamboats for the 2¢ the use of "Steam" or "Steamboat" handstamps were introduced in 1826. (Image1)
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 (New Orleans to Bayou Sara) From Steamer Gipsy, bold strike red oval handstamp on blue folded cover with "L. Hearth Jay 3. 1849" dateline to New Orleans La.; file folds, Very Fine. Milgram No. 512 Estimate $200 - 300. The "Gipsy" of 298
tons was built at Louisville in 1848 for the Bayou Sara and New Orleans trade running twice a week under Capt. James H. Ure. She burned in 1854 with the loss of 5 lives.
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 (Bayou Sara Route 6102) From Steamer Ceres, oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with slightly indistinct "New Orleans La. Mar 23, 1857" cds and matching "Steam"
straightline canceling the indicia, usual filing hole; accompanied by Ceres bill of lading dated February 4th 1854, F.-V.F. Milgram No. 189 Estimate $300 - 400. This letter was carried by the "Ceres" on Route 6102 St. Francisville to New Orleans.
This route was contracted by the trip between November 1850 and May 1858 at $20 per round trip. The "Ceres" of 217 tons was built at Jeffersonville in 1853 and ran the Bayou Sara - New Orleans trade from 1854 under Capt. J.J. Labarthe. (Image1)
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 (Lake Pontchartrain) "Steam Boat Neptune", manuscript endorsement on folded letter datelined "New Orleans 20th June 1821" and addressed to General David Banister Morgan (1773-1848) at Madisonville La., docketing at left; overall light
aging, fold separations have been reinforced with non-archival tape that should be properly removed, Fine. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. AN IMPORTANT EARLY PRE-REGULATION LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN STEAMBOAT LETTER. By 1820, steamboats were operating on Lake
Pontchartrain to both Mobile via passage into the Gulf of Mexico and to Madisonville on the estuary of the Tchefuncte River. Although it was not until June 1834 that a route across Lake Pontchartrain was contracted, letters were being carried
privately the 36 miles from the landing on the southern shore of the lake to Madisonville as early as 1821.The writer, Thomas Shield is reporting to General Morgan of his visit to Pensacola Fla. during the period of the first Seminole Wars. General
David Morgan was a soldier who served in the Louisiana Territorial legislature, member of the Constitutional Convention, commanded the militia of Louisiana and Mississippi under Gen. Jackson at New Orleans in 1815 as brigadier-general, etc. (Image1)
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 (Donaldsonville to Washington Route 7714) Packet Nina Simmes, large circular handstamp with illustration at center on 3¢ star die (U26) entire to Washington La.; docketed "Nina Simmes" at lower left, Very Fine, Illustrated in Milgram on
page 1009., ex-"Antoine"; signed by Holcolme. Milgram No. 1009 Estimate $400 - 600. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS ILLUSTRATED HANDSTAMP. In July 1858 a route connecting Donaldsonville via the Lefourche River, Attakapas Canal, Atchafalaya River
and the Teche River with Washington was contracted to James B. Price at $11,739 per annum for three times a week service. Although the cover shown below is about 3 years later than the route, it is one of very few identifiable as traveling over the
course of the route. (Image1)
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 (False River) (Confederate Use) Steamer Empire Parish, oval handstamp on December 18th 1861 folded bill of lading from New Orleans La. to Hermitage La., carried on the False River; light soiling and folds tape reinforced, Very Fine.
Milgram No. 418 Estimate $300 - 400. The use of name-of-boat cachets are rare during the Confederate control of New Orleans. The city was in the control of the Rebels for only 11 months and was surrendered to Rear Admiral Farragut on 25th April
1862. (Image1)
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 (New Orleans to False River Route 6062) Steamboat "Luna", endorsement at lower left on blue folded letter datelined "Nouvelle Orleans 10 mars 1849" and addressed to plantation owner Jean Vincent at the False River, landed with strong
strike of "Waterloo, LA, 12 March" shield-shaped handstamp in brownish-black and with date in manuscript, matching ms. "5" rating for under 300 miles, lightly cleaned, Very Fine and choice strike of this rare postmark. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. THIS
IS THE LISTING EXAMPLE OF THE WATERLOO FANCY FRAMED STAMPLESS MARKING IN THE A.S.C.C. CATALOG. In August 1848, Jon Brenham was contracted at $200 a month for Route 6062 New Orleans to St. Francisville. He held the contract until June 30th 1849. The
contract had previously been with Jesse Hart who was the Master of the "Luna". (Image1)
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 (Route 8006) Steamer Louise, blue oval handstamp on 3¢ pink (U58) entire with L. Brewer & Co. Grocers printed card to New Orleans La., entered mails with "New Orleans La. Jun 11" duplex; top right corner tear, otherwise Very Fine. Milgram
No. 814 Estimate $150 - 200. The New Orleans to Mobile route was used to carry the Great Southern Mails as well as service the offices on the Mississippi Sound.
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 (Route 8151) Sea Shore Line Steamer Camelia, oval handstamp on 3¢ pink entire (U58) backstamped "Hugh Allison & Co. of New Orleans addressed to Bay St. Louis, Miss., carried on Route 8151 to Shieldsboro entering the mails with
"Shieldsboro Miss. Jun 30" cds; light toning, F.-V.F. Milgram No. 168 Estimate $200 - 300. From 1850 contracts provided a service between New Orleans and Mobile calling at offices on the Mississippi Sound. In August 1865, Charles Morgan contracted
for Route 8151 for a daily service each way at $15,000 a year. The contract was renewed as Route 8009 from July 1866 to June 1867. (Image1)
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 (Route 8151) Steamer Creole, circular handstamp on 3¢ pink entire (U58) to Handsboro Miss that was located 9 miles west of Biloxi, carried outside the mails and therefore probably landed at Handsboro., Very Fine. Milgram No. 314 Estimate
$300 - 400. (Image1)
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 (Route 8151) Steamer Creole, circular handstamp on orange cover with blue "Woodruff & Blocher, Little Rock, Ark., May 8 1866" company handstamp and addressed to E. Pascagoula Miss., entered mails with 3¢ rose (65), huge margins with s.e.
at right, tied by "Little Rock Ark, May 8 '66" duplex and bagged for New Orleans carried there on the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers, transferred to Route 8151 for passage on the Creole to Pascagoula; no flap and reduced a bit at top slightly
affecting 3¢, otherwise Very Fine, Illustrated in Milgram on page 212. Milgram No. 314 Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)
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 "Galveston May 29th 1842", dateline on folded letter addressed to the Postmaster at Finksburg Md., entered mails with blue "New Orleans La. Jun 6" cds and matching "Ship" rating handstamp with manuscript "27" rating for 25¢ inland postage
plus 2¢ ship fee for over 400 miles, content relates to the purchase of a male slave named Henry for $600, letter was transferred to the Great Southern Mail route via Mobile, Montgomery and Augusta to Washington D.C., Very Fine and scarce. Estimate
$300 - 400. Route contracts from Texas and Key West, Florida to New Orleans were not made until 1846 and 1852 respectively. (Image1)
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 "Key West Jan. 21st /47", dateline on folded letter addressed to Lowell Mass., entered mails with "New Orleans La. Feb 1" cds and matching "Ship" straightline and large "12" rating handstamps for 10¢ inland postage plus 2¢ ship fee for
over 300 miles, letter was transferred to the Great Southern Mail route via Mobile, Montgomery and Augusta to Washington D.C., Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
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 Snapp & Hite, bold strike of red oval ties 3¢ dull red (11), four margins, on orange buff cover from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., carried as endorsed by "Bluff City" to New Orleans; light vertical crease, usual filing
hole, minor paper loss on back, Very Fine, ex-Caspary, Rust. Estimate $750 - 1,000. Steamboat owners and Masters used agents and forwarders in major ports and landings. Snapp Hite (later George D. Hite & Co.) operated in New Orleans in the 1850s.The
"Bluff City" of 252 tons was built at Louisville in 1854 for the New Orleans to Memphis trade. She was lost on the Yazoo River in 1859. (Image1)
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 Paid, F.A. Dentzel, AG:P.O., N.O., clear strike of red oval route agent handstamp on folded letter datelined "Bayou Desglaze, July 13th 1851" to New Orleans, carried as endorsed by the "E.D. White", some light age spotting, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. The route went on the Atchafalaya River, Bayou Plaquemine and the Mississippi to New Orleans. On arrival Dentzel arranged for the letter to be delivered by a runner to the merchant G. Birk & Co. The "E.D. White" was a side
wheeler of 248 tons built at Louisville Ky. in 1848. It was used on the Red River from 1850 to 1853 with Captain Eugene Brady as master. (Image1)
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 Geo. H. Hite, large red oval steamboat agent handstamp cancels 3¢ red Nesbitt entire from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., usual filing holes, Very Fine, a scarce example of this Hite oval, ex-John R. Hill Jr. Estimate
$300 - 400. (Image1)
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 Houston, Texas Republic to Petersburg Va. via New Orleans, folded cover with red "Houston Texas Feb. 2nd" cds with date in manuscript, matching red framed "Paid" handstamp and manuscript "15" rate, entered U.S. mails with "New Orleans La.
Feb. 9" cds and matching "Ship" and "12" rating handstamps; minor edge wear, Very Fine, A scarce usage from the Republic of Texas to the United States. Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image1)
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 Sam. Ricker Jr., New Orleans Agent of the Texian Post Office, oval agent handstamp on folded cover with partial red "Steam Packet, Columbia" two-line handstamp (Milgram 266) addressed to Genl. Thomas Jefferson Green at Velasco Tex. (44
miles west of Galveston), manuscript "Ship 6¼" rating; some edgewear with bottom fold tape reinforced, F.-V.F. Estimate $750 - 1,000. During the life of the Texan Republic (1837-1845), the Texas post office operated in New Orleans as a forwarder of
the mails to Galveston and Houston. The mails were initially handled by Samuel Ricker Jr. until December 1838 and then William Bryan until statehood in December 1845.
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 Wm. Bryan, New Orleans Agent of the Texian Post Office, oval agent handstamp on part folded letter with manuscript "Bear Creek Ga., 26th Sept." postmark and matching "Paid 25" rating to Nacogdoches, Texas, endorsed "by way of Fort
Jessup", routing instruction ignored and put on the Columbia for Galveston where Ship handstamp and manuscript "56" rating applied for 6¼¢ ship rating (¼¢ ignored) plus 50¢ inland postage, 1840 receipt docketing; overall toning, F.-V.F. Estimate
$500 - 750. William Bryan was agent from January 1839 to statehood in December 1845. (Image1)
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 Steam Packet Columbia, black two-line handstamp 1838 folded cover (enclosure removed) to Washington Texas, entered mails with "Independence Mo. Jun 15" cds and matching "Free" handstamp, manuscript "R. Fristoe, P.M." free frank
endorsement, black "Sam Ricker Jr., Agent of the Texian Post Office, New Orleans" double-oval handstamp, endorsed in his care at lower left, Very Fine. Milgram No. 266 Estimate $500 - 750. During the period of the Texas Republic 1836-1845, a regular
service between Galveston and New Orleans was operated with an agent based in New Orleans for the "Texian Post Office". One of the vessels providing the service circa 1838-42 was the Columbia, a 140 ton side paddle steamer built in 1835 at Cincinnati
Ohio. This letter was surely brought down the Missouri-Mississippi rivers to New Orleans by steamboat. At New Orleans, Ricker sent it by the Gulf steamboat "Columbia", either via Galveston or Brazos. (Image1)
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 Steam Packet Columbia, red two-line handstamp on circa 1838 folded letter cover to Ashbel Smith, the Surgeon General of the Republic of Texas (1836-1844) in Houston Tex., manuscript "Free" franking at top and endorsed "Steamer Packet
Columbia" at bottom, Very Fine. Milgram No. 266 Estimate $300 - 400. During the period of the Texas Republic 1836-1845, a regular service between Galveston and New Orleans was operated with an agent based in New Orleans for the "Texian Post Office".
One of the vessels providing the service circa 1838-42 was the Columbia, a 140 ton side paddle steamer built in 1835 at Cincinnati Ohio. (Image1)
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 (Route 6000m) Steamer Arkansas No. 4, red oval handstamp on folded letter datelined "Camden, Ark. March 12th 1849" to New Orleans La., black "Steam" straightline handstamp, vertical file fold, F.-V.F., Illustrated in Milgram on page 96.,
ex-Milgram. Milgram No. 66 Estimate $300 - 400. Although letters were carried on the Ouachita River in the 1820s, it was not until March 1849 that a Star Route was contracted as Route 6000m of about 600 miles. Contracts were awarded by the round
trip at $5.00, resulting in a large number of steamboats recorded carrying mails. (Image1)
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 (Route 6000m) Steamer Chalmetto, clear strike of red oval handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "Camden, Ark. March 12th 1849" to New Orleans, endorsed "Chalmetto" at bottom left, light vertical file fold, Very Fine and choice.
Milgram No. 192 Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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 (Route 6000m) Steamer Cora, bold red oval handstamp on folded letter datelined "Camden Ark. Jy 13. 1848" to New Orleans La.; endorsed "Cora" at lower left, Very Fine. Milgram No. 291 Estimate $200 - 300. A contract route to Camden on the
Ouachita River in Arkansas was not contracted until March 1849, and then only by the trip at $10. The Route 6000m was just under 600 miles and provided a weekly service from New Orleans. (Image1)
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 (Route 6000m) Steamer Cuba, red oval handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "Ashley, Bayou Macon, July 7, 1851" to New Orleans La., endorsed "Pr. Cuba" at lower left, put onto the Cuba on its course from Camden on Route 6000m, red "New
Orleans La. Jul 14" cds and matching "Way 11 Cents" rating handstamp for double the new 5¢ domestic rate plus the 1¢ way fee, Very Fine. Milgram No. 320 Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)
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 (Route 6000m) Steamer D.S. Stacy, red oval handstamp on blue folded bill of lading dated "1853 J.M. Derlin April" from the Carroll Hoy & Co. correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with red "New Orleans La. Apr 11" cds and 3¢
dull red (11A) cancelled by "Way" handstamp; endorsed "D.S. Stacey" at top left, fresh and Very Fine, ex-S.W. Richey. Milgram No. 367 Estimate $400 - 600.
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 (Route 6000m) Homer, red straight-line handstamp on illustrated bill of lading dated Feb. 3, 1848 from Camden Ark. to New Orleans La.; file fold, F.-V.F. Milgram No. 612 Estimate $150 - 200. As steamboats were contracted by the trip on
Route 6000m, it is likely that the Homer, in addition to carrying freight as this Bill of Lading from Master Joseph Swagger attests, may also have carried mails.
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 (Route 6000m) From Steamer Storm, red oval handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "Columbia La Coldwell Parish March the 13 1852" to New Orleans La., red "New Orleans La. Mar 16" cds and matching "Way 6" rating handstamp, although
Columbia was not one of the contracted offices for this route, it is likely that Storm picked mail up there, Very Fine. Milgram No. 1324 Estimate $500 - 750.
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 (Route 6000m) From Steamer Storm, red oval handstamp on 3¢ red entire cancelled by circular grid cancel from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., partial red Jan. 9th cds; no flap, typical filing hole, F.-V.F. Milgram No. 1324
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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 (Route 8285) Per Bluff City, red straightline handstamp cancels indicia of 3¢ red Nesbitt on buff entire to New Orleans La., endorsed "pr Str Bluff City" at top left and "B/L" for bill of lading, entered mails with "New Orleans La. Feb 11
1858" and matching "Steam" straightline handstamp, Extremely Fine, ex-Clippert. Estimate $300 - 400. A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THIS SCARCE BLUFF CITY MARKING. When contracts for Route 6000m ceased in about 1853, it was some five years before new contracts
were made for Route 8285 at $50 a round trip. This letter was carried four months prior to the first contracts on Route 8285 and struck with the "Steam" straightline.
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 (Route 8285) Regular Ouachita Passenger Packet Steamer Dr. Buffington, oval handstamp ties 3¢ dull red (26) on orange buff homemade ladies cover from the Carroll & Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with "New Orleans Oct
4 1858" cds and matching "Steamboat" straightline handstamp ties 3¢, Very Fine, a wonderful exhibition item, ex-Clippert. Milgram No. 361 Estimate $500 - 750. This cover arrived in New Orleans four months after the beginning of Route 8285. Although
the New Orleans "Steamboat" marking was struck, it is probable that this was a contract trip. (Image1)
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 (Route 8285) Indianola, bold red oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from Carroll Hoy & Co. correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with partial "New Orleans Dec 2" cds, circa 1859; usual filing holes, Very Fine,
ex-Carroll Chase. Milgram No. 641 Estimate $750 - 1,000. Route 8285 was used during periods when the post roads were impassible for coaches. The route operated from July 1, 1858 to May 31, 1861 when it was annulled with the secession of all Post
Office contracts in Southern States. This "Indianola" was built in 1859 for the Bayou Macon trade on the Ouachita River and sold to the Red River Packet Co. in 1860.
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 (Route 8285) Steamer J.F. Pargoud, circular handstamp on buff cover to New Orleans La., entered mails with "New Orleans La. Dec 8 1860" cds and matching "Drop 1ct" rating handstamp; lower left corner repair, otherwise Very Fine, a
remarkable choice strike. Milgram No. 700 Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)
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 (Route 8285) Steamer J.F. Pargoud, circular handstamp ties 3¢ dull red (26), couple shorter perfs, on buff cover from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., endorsed "order for freight"; minor opening flaws, F.-V.F.,
ex-Wagshal. Milgram No. 700 Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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 (Route 8285) U.S. Mail Packet Steamer Lizzie Simmons, 4-line handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from the Carroll Hoy & Co. correspondence to New Orleans La., indicia cancelled by manuscript "X"; usual filing holes, Very Fine. Milgram
No. 802 Estimate $200 - 300. The "Lizzie Simons" was built in 1859 and ran the Ouachita River trade and clearly had, on occasions, single trip contracts on Route 8285.
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 (Route 8285) Steamer Peerless, Jan 9 1860, sharp strike of circular handstamp and additional red "From Geo. D. Hite, New Orleans" oval agent handstamp ties 3¢ dull red (26), nat. s.e. at right, on buff cover from the Carroll Hoy & Co.
correspondence to New Orleans La.; typical filing holes, Very Fine, Illustrated in Milgram on page 556., ex-Klein, Rohloff, "Antoine"; with 2004 P.F. certificate. Milgram No. 1077 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS STEAMER
PEERLESS MARKING IN COMBINATION WITH THE GEORGE HITE OVAL. (Image1)
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 (Route 8285) New Orleans & Camden Packet Saint Marys, blue oval handstamp on 3¢ pink Nesbitt entire (U58) to New Orleans La.; some cover toning and repaired top edge faults, Fine. Milgram No. 1236 Estimate $100 - 150. THIS COVER WAS
CARRIED ON THE LAST SAILING OF THE SAINT MARYS ON THE OUACHITA RIVER. The "Saint Marys" of 666 tons was built at Wheeling W.V. in 1867 for Capt. T.C. Sweeney. Used for a brief time until March 30th 1869 on the Ouachita River trade when she went to
the Portsmouth to Cincinnati trade on the Ohio River. (Image1)
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 (Route 8285) New Orleans & Camden Packet Steamer Tigress, A.B. Hopkins, Master, bold red large oval handstamp on cover front with bottom flap to New Orleans, franked with 1857 3¢ dull red (26), natural s.e. at left, tied by clear "Steam"
straight line handstamp, indistinct New Orleans cds, Very Fine strike, a scarce packet marking. Scott No. 26. Milgram No. 1372 Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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 (Post Civil War) Ouachita Packet Rose Franks, sharp strike of three-line handstamp on 3¢ pink (U58) entire, oxidized, from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., endorsed "Rose Franks" at top left, Extremely Fine, Illustrated
in Milgram on page 620. Milgram No. 1220 Estimate $200 - 300. After the Civil War, the Ouachita River route from Camden Ark. to New Orleans was not reinstated. Steamboat traffic continued on the river with significant volumes of letters being
carried. (Image1)
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 1827 (May 7) New Orleans to Monroe La., datelined bill of lading endorsed "pr. SB Ontario" at lower left; some aging, Fine, an early steamboat use. Estimate $150 - 200. The "Ontario" of 107 tons was built at Louisville Ky. in 1826 and
enrolled at New Orleans Dec. 1826. Owned from Feb. 1827 by Capt. William P. Harris who acted as her Master. (Image1)
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 Steamer Dallas, red fancy framed handstamp showing two birds drinking from a fountain, frame is inverted, on folded letter datelined "New Orleans March 27, 1848" to Harrisonburg La., Very Fine. Milgram No. 327 Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image1)
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 Steamer Duroc, bold strike of fancy framed handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "New Orleans 13. Decr. 1849" to Major Liddell on the Black River, docketed "Duroc" at lower left, Very Fine and choice, Illustrated in Milgram on page
238. Milgram No. 376. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE DUROC FANCY FRAMED HANDSTAMP. (Image1)
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 Steamer Edna, straight-line handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "Frenchport April 22 / 47" and addressed to New Orleans La. where unrecorded "10" rating handstamp (34x10mm) for over 300 miles was struck; vertical file fold, F.-V.F.
Milgram No. 389 Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)
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 Steamer Frank Pargoud, perfect strike of blue May 9, 1868 oval handstamp on 3¢ pink Nesbitt entire (U58) to New Orleans La., top edge tear, otherwise Very Fine. Milgram No. 478 Estimate $100 - 150. The "Frank Pargoud" of 1,105 tons built
at Jeffersonville Ind. in 1868 for Capt. John W. Tobin for the Ouachita River trade. The vessel proved too large for its intended use and was transferred in the summer of 1868 to the New Orleans to St. Louis trade. (Image1)
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 Ouachita River Packet Idahoe, bold strike of oval handstamp on 3¢ pink Nesbitt entire (U58) with original lettersheet datelined "Monroe June 8th 1867" to New Orleans La., partial New Orleans duplex cancels indicia, pencil "June 12"
arrival notation; some edge staining and wear, Fine. Milgram No. 628 Estimate $200 - 300. Contracts were not renewed for the Ouachita River route after the Civil War and letters were carried outside the mails. The "Idahoe" of 153 tons was built in
1863 and taken to New Orleans in late 1866 for the Ouachita River trade. The Blanks' family took part ownership in May 1867 with F.A. Banks as her master.
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