Lot
4102 
(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.
Realized: $500