Lot
4305 
(Route 4801) Steamer Sultana, red oval on blue folded letter datelined "New Orleans March 23 1845" and addressed to Owensboro on the Ohio River, carried outside the mails on the course of Route 4801 New Orleans to Louisville, Very Fine; with 1991 Holcombe certificate. Milgram No. 1330 Estimate $300 - 400.
Between 1836 and 1863, six steamboats bearing the name "Sultana" were enrolled on Western Waters. This "Sultana" is the third of 527 tons built at Jeffersonville in 1843 and was at the time of her launch the largest steamboat of her day.