3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Ample margins to in, tied by blue "STEAMBOAT" straightline handstamp on cover to Memphis Tenn., clear strike of "Memphis & New Orleans Packet, H.R.W. Hill, T.H. Newell Master" ornate ribbons in double-oval frame name-of-boat handstamp, Very Fine and rare marking, On Dec. 23, 1852 the H.R.W. Hill struck and sunk the steamer Western World just outside of New Orleans with the loss of 10-15 lives, according to http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/csn/h.txt , "was built in 1852 at New Albany, Ind., and employed by the Confederates as a transport in the Mississippi River area. Under Captain Newell she participated in the Battle of Belmont, Mo., on 7 November 1861. As part of the force under Maj. Gen. L. Polk, CSA, she stood fearlessly at her post while under heavy Union fire ready to transport troops back and forth across the river in the course of the battle. H. R. W. Hill fell into Union hands at the Battle of Memphis on 6 June, 1862." -- ex Simmons

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