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Lot
4091
(Route 8106) Vicksburg & N.O. M. Line. R.R., May 21 1873, complete strike of route agent cds on 3¢ green entire from Vicksburg Miss. to New Orleans La., Extremely Fine, previously unrecorded marking, ex-Floyd Risvold. Estimate $300 - 400.
The route of 408 miles was contracted at $29,980 a year for three times a week service from 1870 to 1874. The "R.R." in this marking stands for river route, no railway existing for this route at this time.
Realized: $270