Seal of the Post Office of Great Britain for the Province of South Carolina

c. 1771-1775

The document features the seal of the Post Office of Great Britain for the Province of South Carolina. The notations discusses that the seal was “found among the papers of the late Miss Mary Roupell, whose Father Mr. George Roupell had been the Colonial Postmaster at Charleston So. Ca.” George Roupell served as deputy postmaster for the southern colonies from 1771 to 1775, when the American Revolution effectively ended the British Post Office in the North American colonies except for at ports and areas occupied by the British forces.