£420
SHREWSBURY, CREWE, LIVERPOOL, ETC. T.P.O.s INC. EXPRESS MAIL: 1856-1948 collection on leaves inc. very rare 1856 "SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD RAILWAY" free official railway env. endorsed "O.C.S." (On Company Service); 1869 EL (faults on front) ex Abergavenny to Ludlow with two partial strikes of the very rare "Received open and resealed/at the S&T R.P.O." on back (Wilson W98a, see p.49 regarding one other known example going in opposite direction) with partial (c.70%) unique (?) red wax T.P.O. bag seal on flap; 1937 env. with "POST OFFICE/EXPRESS/DELIVERY" etiquette franked 8d tied by "BIRMINGHAM-CREWE T.P.O./*/20 DE/37" cds's (express is rare on T.P.O. mail, even in 1930s); plus others for Shrewsbury & Tamworth, Tamworth & Hereford, Shrewsbury & Aberystwyth, Whitehaven & Carnforth, Liverpool & Huddersfield, Bristol Shrewsbury & York, etc. (33 cards/covers, 1 front, 38 stamps/pieces) Cross Reference: SHROPSHIRE, EXPRESS MAIL, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL
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