OVERLAND MAIL.

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"Intended Transmission of Indian, &c., Mails, via Calais and Mount Cenis, to Brindisi." A poster issued following the opening of the Mount Cenis Tunnel, an engineering feat that significantly reduced journey times from Calais to Brindisi. The Postmaster-General announces the routing of the Overland Mail via France and a reduction in rates for newspapers heading to Asia and Australia.

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