Lot
4157 
(New Orleans to Bayou Sara) From Steamer Gipsy, bold strike red oval handstamp on blue folded cover with "L. Hearth Jay 3. 1849" dateline to New Orleans La.; file folds, Very Fine. Milgram No. 512 Estimate $200 - 300.
The "Gipsy" of 298 tons was built at Louisville in 1848 for the Bayou Sara and New Orleans trade running twice a week under Capt. James H. Ure. She burned in 1854 with the loss of 5 lives.