Last Trip of US Mail by Boat from Grand Isle to New Orleans

Alfred S. Lippman Collection of Louisiana Postal Aviation History



“Again the Passing of the Old for the New. Last Trip of US Mail by Boat From Grand Isle to New Orleans Route in Operation 65 Years – on Same Boat 10 Years. Hereafter Mail Carried by Bus Over New Road. Cachet by Crescent City Stamp Club and Grand Isle Chamber of Commerce.” The cachet includes a map showing the old water route and the new bus route. Postmarked June 30, 1934.