FRESNO AND SAN FRANCISCO BICYCLE MAIL ROUTE

Diamond shaped stamps and envelopes were printed by Arthur Banta for mail service during an 1894 railway strike, inscribed FRESNO AND SAN FRANCISCO / BICYCLE MAIL ROUTE / ARU / STRIKE.

Reprints/fakes were made from the defaced dies.

 File:Banta bicycle post stamp.jpg|Imperf stamp from the retouched die. File:Banta bicycle reenactment.jpg|1939 re-enactment cover with defaced die reprint/fake. 

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