Clipper ship sailing card, on porcelain coated stock, with large color wood-engraved illustration. 10.3x16.5 cm. (4¼x6½").

Rare clipper ship sailing card in exceptional condition. The California, a "New and Magnificent Clipper for San Francisco" in the Merchants' Express Line, was built by Samuel Hall, Esq., of East Boston, who also built the Surprise, Gamecock, and others. The commander was Henry Barber. The attractive image features Chinese laborers mining gold, and a white miner waving to a clipper ship in the distance. We can find no listing of this card in the various standard reference works, or for sale online.