Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 4 October 2008
| Lot 14 | A Railway Letter Cancellation Stamp "SLINFOLD STATION, LB&SCRy", from the company's Brighton to Guildford route, situated just north west of Christ's Hospital. The station and line closed on 14th June 1965. These examples were originally issued by the Post Office for the cancellation of Railway Letter Stamps and have an oval brass head, 1_"x1", with a turned wooden handle, overall 3_" high. (The image shown in the catalogue has been reversed to show the wording as it would appear when used). |
| This lot sold for £240 |
Please note: that the '_' (underscore character) after the inches shown above represents a fractional
measurement that, for technical reasons, is missing from the dimensions shown in this on-line catalogue.
The print version of the catalogue has the full dimensional information, including fractions of an inch.
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