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VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE COVER FROM FRANCE TO SAN FRANCISCO, CARRIED BY THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY VIA ST. THOMAS AND CHAGRES, PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY TO SAN FRANCISCO, THEN BY REYNOLDS & COMPANY TO THE MINES.
French Circular #51 set a 28 decimes per 7.5 grams fully prepaid rate to California by Royal Mail Steam Packet via Southampton and Chagres. The U.S. erroneously collected 20c due on most letters. Fewer than five RMSP letters are recorded from this period.
Reynolds was a pioneering expressman in the southern mines. Beginning in January 1850, he connected with Todd & Bryan in Stockton and through them to San Francisco, and with Adams & Co. to other parts of the U.S. and to Europe. Reynolds & Co. dissolved in the fall of 1851, not long after this cover was delivered.
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