Lot
4158 
(Bayou Sara Route 6102) From Steamer Ceres, oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with slightly indistinct "New Orleans La. Mar 23, 1857" cds and matching "Steam" straightline canceling the indicia, usual filing hole; accompanied by Ceres bill of lading dated February 4th 1854, F.-V.F. Milgram No. 189 Estimate $300 - 400.
This letter was carried by the "Ceres" on Route 6102 St. Francisville to New Orleans. This route was contracted by the trip between November 1850 and May 1858 at $20 per round trip. The "Ceres" of 217 tons was built at Jeffersonville in 1853 and ran the Bayou Sara - New Orleans trade from 1854 under Capt. J.J. Labarthe.
Realized: $260