British Queen Almanac for 1840

Page, I.

Verlag: London, London, 1839

Beschreibung

Small uncolored almanac broadside with the first regulations for the Rowland Hill Penny Post in the New Postage Act of 1839. Edges and corners worn and lightly chipped. Mild foxing throughout. Image at the top of the steamship British Queen. Verso is blank. The British Queen was the second steamship built for Trans-Atlantic travel, after the Great Western. It was the largest ship in the world at the time and matched Great Western's speeds from Portsmouth to New York. It was a very famous ship of the time, which the publishers of this almanac sheet were capitalizing on. The text also includes an abstract of the New Police Act of 1839. Printed and Published by I. Page, Atlas Press, Horseferry Road, Westminster. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers p00119

Bibliografische Details

Titel: British Queen Almanac for 1840

Verlag: London, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1839