Postal History - Colonial Victoria's Overseas Mail Routes

1838 - 1854 Various Routes

under sail and by early contract steamships

1854 - 1856: Clipper Ships

Due to loss of steamships during the Crimean War

1857 - 1870: Steamship Services

Via Marseilles or Cape of Good Hope

1870 - 1896: Steamship Services

via Marseilles or Naples

1851 - 1901: Pacific Routes

Via Callao, Panama, San Francisco or Vancouver

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