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New Orleans Coast and Lafourche Packet, Hetty Gilmore (Mississippi River), bold and complete blue octagonal steamship handstamp on 1864-65 3¢ entire (rebacked front) to Edenton N.C., entire with unlisted ornate illustrated boxed corner card of the Hetty Gilmore, postmarked "New Orleans, La. Oct 4" cds and segmented cork cancel, Very Fine and attractive.Milgram No. 603 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
AN EXCEPTIONAL COVER AND THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE WITH THE HETTY GILMORE CORNER CARD AND HANDSTAMP MARKING.