Lot 4231
Steamer New Era, ornamental red handstamp on 3¢ pink (U58) entire from the Carroll Hoy & Co. correspondence to New Orleans La.; repaired upper right, indicia oxidized, a Very Fine strike.Milgram No. 987 Estimate $200 - 300.
The "New Era" of 259 tons was built at New Albany Ind. in 1860 and sold to the Red River Packet Company in 1865, and then to Joshua Fenimore in November 1865.
Realized: $230