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    Sam Wilson (samwilson@wikis.world)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 19:42:49 JST Sam Wilson Sam Wilson

    It's xmas evening, I'm supping on mince pies and brandy and waiting for the King to send me a message, and transcribing some old letters on Wikisource.

    This one is from 1876, and says (maybe?) P.B.M.S.S on the corner. Does anyone have an idea of what this might say and mean?

    #genealogy

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      kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 19:42:47 JST kaia kaia
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      @samwilson (speculation) instruction on how to deliver, i.e. Per British Mail Ship Service?
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      Sam Wilson (samwilson@wikis.world)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 19:45:27 JST Sam Wilson Sam Wilson
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      @kaia Ah! Could be, good thought. Maybe "Per Royal Mail Steam Ship"?

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      Sam Wilson (samwilson@wikis.world)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 19:46:00 JST Sam Wilson Sam Wilson
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      @kaia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail_Steam_Packet_Company

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        Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
        The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British shipping company founded in London in 1839 by a Scot, James MacQueen. The line's motto was Per Mare Ubique (everywhere by sea). After a troubled start, it became the largest shipping group in the world in 1927 when it took over the White Star Line. The company was liquidated and its assets taken over by the newly formed Royal Mail Lines in 1932 after financial trouble and scandal; over the years RML declined to no more than the name of a service run by former rival Hamburg Süd. History as Royal Mail Steam Packet Company The RMSPC, founded in 1839 by James MacQueen, ran tours and mail to various destinations in the Caribbean and South America, and by 1927, was the largest shipping group in the world. MacQueen’s imperial visions for the RMSPC were clear; he hoped that new steamship communications between Britain and the Caribbean would mitigate post-Emancipation instabilities, in particular by promoting commerce. From the outset the company aimed to be the vanguard of British maritime supremacy and technology...
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      Thomas (tpheine@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 20:35:25 JST Thomas Thomas
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      My first thought was also P.+R.M.S.S via Southampton

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