Lot
4139 
New Orleans & Bayou Sara Freight Packet Grosse Tete, red oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with partial "New Orleans La. Oct 23" cds and matching "Steam" straightline canceling indicia; usual filing holes, Very Fine. Milgram No. 571 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
A CHOICE STRIKE OF THIS SCARCE STEAMBOAT HANDSTAMP.
The "Grosse Tete" was built for John A. Cotton for the Bends trade.
Realized: $1,100