Lot 4264
Route 7702) From Steamer Lecomte, oval handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt buff entire from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with "New Orleans La. Oct 13 1857" cds with matching "Way" handstamp canceling indicia; cover tear mostly on reverse, usual filing holes, F.-V.F.Milgram No. 779 Estimate $150 - 200.
The "Lecomte" of 250 tons was built at Cincinnati in 1856 for Capt. Cheney Johnson, and was the second boat of that name to be owned by him.