By: Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc.
lot # 4186 - the red and ouachita rivers ouachita river new orleans - camden
(Route 8285) Regular Ouachita Passenger Packet Steamer Dr. Buffington. Oval handstamp ties 3¢ dull red (26) on orange buff homemade ladies cover from the Carroll & Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., entered mails with "New Orleans Oct 4 1858" cds and matching "Steamboat" straightline handstamp ties 3¢, Very Fine, a wonderful exhibition item, ex-Clippert.
Milgram No. 361; Estimate $500 - 750.
This cover arrived in New Orleans four months after the beginning of Route 8285. Although the New Orleans "Steamboat" marking was struck, it is probable that this was a contract trip.
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