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POSSIBLY UNIQUE "P.S. MARCHIONESS OF LORNE" OVAL CACHET ON COMMERCIAL CALEDONIAN RAILWAY PARCEL WAY-BILL; 24 May 1900 partly printed "CALEDONIAN RAILWAY ROTHESAY to [Altrincham] Via GOUROCK [Carlisle]" "GENERAL PARCELS WAY-BILL" (faults) with faint purple triple-oval-framed "CALEDONIAN STEAM PACKET/P.S. MARCHIONESS OF/LORNE/LIMITED" cachet as well as purple Guards' cachet "JAMES HARRIS/EUSTON.". Remarkable survival being a commercial usage of this rare ship's cachet [which we have never seen postally used - possibly unique].Cross Reference: RAILWAY EPHEMERA, MARITIME MAIL
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