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1856 'SOUTH E Ry' LONDON RECEIVING HOUSE HAND STAMP OF 'RAILWAY GUARD'. Fine envelope from London to 'Mifs M. P. Smith, Park Cottage, Coleshill, Warwickshire' with die 2 1d L.C.14 (spec C6) lettered SH, tied fine strike '27' London Inland Office numeral. On reverse good strike 'South E Ry' receiving house hand stamp in red applied at the London Chief Office to mail brought there by the mail guards of the various railway companies. On reverse London date stamp AP 10 1856. Scarce. (Ref 129562).
