Lot
4255 
(Route 6103) Packet Post Boy, bold strike of oval handstamp on blue folded bill of lading datelined "Alexandria Dec. 24th 1851" to New Orleans La. accompanying 65 bales of cotton; slight ink erosion, Very Fine, Illustrated in Milgram on page 580. Milgram No. 1135 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
PROBABLY THE FINEST RECORDED STRIKE OF THE POST BOY PACKET MARKING.
In July 1851, the Shreveport to New Orleans route was entered as Route 6103 with its course altered to avoid the slough on which Natchitoches was located. The new port for Natchitoches was built under the bluffs of Grand Ecore situated to the north of the town.
Realized: $850