Lot
4237 
Red River Passenger Packet Starlight, red double-oval handstamp on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt buff entire from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., handstamp was also struck on reverse; some soiling, F.-V.F., a scarce handstamp. Milgram No. 1298 Estimate $300 - 400.
The "Starlight" of 280 tons built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1858 for Capt. Charles Hayes for use on the New Orleans to Shreveport trade.
Realized: $325