Lot
4279 
(Routes 4813 & 4829) Steamer Aleck Scott, perfect strike of negative red circular handstamp on blue folded Bill of Lading datelined "New Orleans March 2 1850 to St. Genevieve located 56 miles down river from St. Louis; some vertical file folds and minor aging, flap tear, Very Fine; with 1980 P.F. certificate. Milgram No. 23 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THIS DESIRABLE INTAGLIO NAME-OF-BOAT MARKING, IT IS RARELY FOUND SO CLEARLY STRUCK.
An express route was first contracted between St. Louis and New Orleans by the trip at $40 per round trip three times a week from June 1843. Given the Route No. 4813 in June 1846 and 4829 in June 1850, the route was dropped in May 1854.
Realized: $3,750