Lot no. 6127

Prepaid letter postmarked Stockholm April 23rd 1852 and sent to San Francisco. Transit Southampton to Chagres by West Indian packet twice a month. Transit across the Isthmus of Panama to New Granada at the rate of 1 sh per ounce. Further from Panama City to San Francisco by packets of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The transit time was ca 60 days. Before July 1st 1852 this route was the first and only possible route for sending paid letters from Sweden to California.