Mary Evans The First Penny Post from England to America 1908 10216960

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Picture No	10216960
Date	1908
Description	The First Penny Post from England to America 1908
Details	The first mail service to operate between England and America for the price of a penny. At top left, photograph of the Royal Mail Van at Waterloo Station. At top right, photograph of the mail on the platform at Waterloo station. In the centre, the route to America and the Philippines with the steamship 'Kaiserin Auguste Victoria' - the steamship that carried the first penny post. At bottom left, photograph of the mail bags being put onto the train at Waterloo station. At bottom right, photograph of taking the mail bags on the tender of the 'Kaiserin Auguste Victoria'. The 'Kaiserin Auguste Victoria' sailed on this historic voyage on the 2nd October 1908.
Source	The Illustrated London News. 1908. page 493
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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