Some notes on the telegraph companies of the United States; their stamps and franks (1900)
Rich, Joseph S · New York, Priv. print · leaf 22
a cable 39 miles long and sunk only to adepth of 160 feet, thence, by Asiatic Russia (known to us as Siberia), intoEurope. It was estimated that this line would not cost very much. Russiahad guaranteed to build from Moscow to the Pacific; the line from San Fran-cisco to Vancouver had already been… … In examining the franks of the California State Tele-graph Co., we find that there are three types. The firstwas issued in 1870 and consists of a label 25x30 mm. Itis type set. In the centre is 1870; above this, in acurved line, in Roman capitals California statetel. co.; belov ^rank No. and dotted…
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