Lot
4276 
(Route 8163) St. Louis, Cairo & New Orleans Passenger Steamer Ruth, purple all-over advertising design on cover bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by "Memphis Tenn Nov 18" duplex and addressed to Columbus Oh. to be carried on Route 8163 for transfer at Cairo to the Ohio River route to Cincinnati; flap tears, top edge slightly reduced with small tear, Very Fine. Milgram No. 1228 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
If actually carried by the "Ruth", this would have been on her record breaking run against the "Fashion" and the "Magenta" from New Orleans to St. Louis.