Lot
4267 
(Route 7702) Packet Rapides, large oval handstamp in blue on 3¢ pink entire (U58) from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La.; usual filing holes, Very Fine. Milgram No. 1160 Estimate $100 - 150.
This cover is circa 1872, since Joseph Hoy & Co. succeeded Carroll Hoy & Co. by 1872. Captain John Hienn became Master of the "Rapides" in 1871 confirming the approximate year of use.