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Rare RND Revenue Stamp on Bank of California checks Imprinted Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company

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Rare RND Revenue Stamp on Bank of California checks Imprinted Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company
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110.00USDto R********9+ buyer's premium (27.50)
This item SOLD at 2017 Dec 01 @ 09:34UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Set of three checks: 516, 517, and 518. Great steamship vignette. The Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company was founded in 1848 to run mail from Panama to California. The company initially believed it would be transporting agricultural goods from the West Coast, but just as operations began, gold was found in the Sierra Nevada, and business boomed almost from the start. During the California Gold Rush in 1849, the company was a key mover of goods and people and played a key role in the growth of San Francisco, California. In addition to their maritime activities Pacific Mail also ran some of the earliest steamboats on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, between San Francisco, Sacramento, and Stockton. By the 1870's they ran regularly scheduled trans-Pacific steamship service with a route between San Francisco, Hong Kong, and Yokohama, and extended service to Shanghai. This route led to an influx of Japanese and Chinese immigrants, bringing additional cultural diversity to California. Unused. Some folding by vignette. Date: 187- Location: San Francisco, California HWAC # 54470