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(Route 5001) Louisville & New Orleans Packet Bunker Hill No. 3, perfectly struck red illustrated oval handstamp on December 5th 1849 folded bill of lading addressed to Louisville Ky. accompanying "9 Baskets Champaign", manuscript "BL" and "Bunker Hill" endorsements at top; refolded edge wear, Very Fine, ex-Barry K. Schwartz. Milgram No. 149 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A CHOICE CLEAN STRIKE OF THIS SCARCE ILLUSTRATED MARKING SHOWING THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
The Bunker Hill No. 3 was built at New Albany Ind. in 1849 and went into service in the New Orleans to Louisville trade. Its first captain, Job Whipple, died aboard ship between Natchez and Memphis on March 25, 1849 and several other crew members also died of cholera.