Sale 57: The Hugh V. Feldman Collection

Lot 4261    

(Route 7702) Regular Passenger Packet Doubloon, choice strike of red oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with "New Orleans La. Apr 14 1860" cds and matching "Steam" straightline cancels indicia; usual filing hole, Very Fine.
Milgram No. 357    Estimate $500 - 750.

"Doubloon" of 293 tons built at Cincinnati, Ohio in 1859 for Capt. W.C. Harrison who ran her on the New Orleans - Shreveport - Carolina Bluffs trade. Scuttled in the Red River in May 1864 and raised after the war to run under Harrison until sold in February 1867.

Realized: $800

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Lot 4262    

(Route 7702) Steamer Duke, blue oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt entire to New Orleans La., indicia canceled by manuscript and red "Geo. D. Hite, Steamboat Agent, New Orleans La." oval agent handstamp; flap tear, Very Fine and choice strike, scarce combination with the Hite agent handstamp.
Milgram No. 374    Estimate $300 - 400.

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Lot 4263    

(Route 7702) Natchitoches and Alexandria Packet John D. Perry, octagonal handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from Carroll Hoy & Co. correspondence to New Orleans La.; flap tear, Very Fine.
Milgram No. 710    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $250

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Lot 4264    

Route 7702) From Steamer Lecomte, oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with "New Orleans La. Oct 13 1857" cds with matching "Way" handstamp canceling indicia; cover tear mostly on reverse, usual filing holes, F.-V.F.
Milgram No. 779    Estimate $150 - 200.

The "Lecomte" of 250 tons was built at Cincinnati in 1856 for Capt. Cheney Johnson, and was the second boat of that name to be owned by him.

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Lot 4265    

(Route 7702) Steamer Rapides, strikes of oval handstamp in black and red on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entires from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., black with "New-Orleans La. Feb 24" cds and "Steam" straightline canceling indicia, red cancelled by red steam boat oval handstamp; Very Fine pair.
Milgram No. 1155, 1157    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $350

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Lot 4266    

(Route 7702) By Steamer Rapides, perfect strike of this illustrated name-of-boat handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt entire (U10) from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., faint red "New Orleans La. Dec. 20" cds and black "Steam" straightline handstamp; light vertical fold, usual filing hole, Very Fine, ex-Paul Rohloff, Dr. Robert LeBow.
Milgram No. 1158    Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.

ONE OF THE FINEST STRIKES OF THIS RARE AND HIGHLY DESIRABLE ILLUSTRATED STEAMBOAT MARKING. ONE OF ONLY NINE RECORDED EXAMPLES, SIX OF WHICH HAVE COMPLETE STRIKES.

The "Rapides" was a wooden-hull side-wheel packetboat that was built in New Albany Ind. in 1855. Originally built for C.J. Barston of Rapides Parish La., she plied the waters between New Orleans and Donaldsonville up to 1856, then later between New Orleans and Shreveport before being used by the Confederacy after 1861. The marking used on mail carried by the "Rapides" is a remarkable depiction of a Mississippi steamboat without equal among the other handstamps of the period. It is interesting to note that all four dated examples originate from the same Dec. 20th circa 1856 sailing to New Orleans.

The nine recorded covers bearing this marking:
1. Dec. 20 (1856), 3¢ red Nesbitt entire #U10 from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La. (the example offered here.)
2. Dec. 20 (1856), 3¢ red Nesbitt entire #U10 from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., 2001 Siegel Rarity Sale (lot 5).
3. Dec. 20 (1856), 3¢ red Nesbitt entire #U10 from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., docketing on face. PFC #385244.
4. Dec. 20 (1856), partial strike (paper loss painted in) on folded letter missing stamp to Messrs. G. Toledano & Taylor in New Orleans La.
5. undated, 3¢ dull red #11 uncancelled on folded letter from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., ex-West, illust. in Milgram.
6. undated, 3¢ red Nesbitt entire #U10 from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., ex-Klein-Somdal, "Antoine".
7. undated, partial strike on 3¢ red Nesbitt entire #U10 from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La.,
8. undated, partial strike on 3¢ red Nesbitt entire #U10 from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., pencil "Valuable", ex-Bohren, PFC #194326
9. unknown, front only bearing 3¢ dull red #11, ex-Latshaw Collection.

Realized: $4,500

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Lot 4267    

(Route 7702) Packet Rapides, large oval handstamp in blue on 3¢ pink entire (U58) from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La.; usual filing holes, Very Fine.
Milgram No. 1160    Estimate $100 - 150.

This cover is circa 1872, since Joseph Hoy & Co. succeeded Carroll Hoy & Co. by 1872. Captain John Hienn became Master of the "Rapides" in 1871 confirming the approximate year of use.

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Lot 4268    

(Route 7702) Regular Red River Packet Robt. Watson, perfect strike of vivid red oval handstamp ties 3¢ dull red (26), straddle line s.e. at right, on yellow cover with Farley, Jurey & Co. of New Orleans La. corner card to Boston Tex., "Shreveport Mar 19 1860" cds also ties stamp; reduced at left and top left corner fault, Very Fine appearance, ex-David Jarrett, John R. Hill Jr.; with 2004 P.F. certificate.
Milgram No. 1212    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

The New Orleans to Shreveport Route 7702 was contracted by the trip at $25 a roundtrip between July 1855 and May 1861 with three times a week service "when roads were unsuitable for stage coaches". One of the steamboats contracted on the 670 mile route was the "Robert Watson" with Captain John Smoker as her Master.

This cover was carried on the Red River route 7702 to Shreveport, and then 90 miles by post road to Boston or possibly further up the Red River to Ogden for transfer by road.

Realized: $4,750

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Lot 4269    

(Route 7702) Natchitoches Packet Swamp Fox, perfect complete strike of red oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., black "New Orleans La Feb 19" cds and matching "Steam" straightline cancels indicia, additional "Due 3" handstamp struck as letter was apparently over ½ ounce, endorsed "Valuable", usual filing holes slightly affect marking, Very Fine, ex-John Hill Jr.
Milgram No. 1337    Estimate $500 - 750.

A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THIS SCARCE MARKING.

Realized: $1,050

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Lot 4270    

(Route 7702) Packet Union, red oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with red "New Orleans La. Dec 22" cds and "Steam" straightline canceling indicia; additional manuscript "X" also cancels indicia causing some ink erosion, usual filing hole, Illustrated in Milgram on page 703.
Milgram No. 1399    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $550

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