Lot 4112
(Route 8003) N.O. & Bayou Sara Packet Welcome, blue oval handstamp on 3¢ pink entire (U58) from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., endorsed "with 13 Bales cotton", pencil "Perdido" directs letter to Joseph Hoy's establishment at 38 Perdido St.; usual filing holes, Very Fine.Milgram No. 1445 Estimate $100 - 150.
After the Civil War, the contact for New Orleans to St. Francisville was awarded as Route 8003 to Phoebe Ann Drury at $2,912 a year for two a week service.