Lot
4111 
(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.
Realized: $290