Cavan & Leitrim and Isle of Wight Central Railway, 1920
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First type; square stamp, value in a circle, name of company on top and bottom, inscription 'FREE FOR CONVENIENCE OF SINGLE POST LETTERS BY RAILWAY' around the center circle.
Cavan & Leitrim and Isle of Wight Central Railway, 1920
North British Railway Company, 1906
Tralee & Dingle Lt Rly & Tramway Company; Ireland 1898
"METROPOLITAN", "METN. AND G.C. JOINT
COMMITTEE" (Metropolitan) and "BRECON &
MERTHYR"
In this design I have seen:
Ballycastle Railway: 2 p blue, 2 p green
Brecon & Merthyr Railway: 2 p green
Caledonian Railway Company: 2 p green
Cavan Leitrim and Roscommon Lt. Raily: 2 p green
Cavan & Leitrim Railway Company Ltd: 2 p red, 3 p red, 4 p
red
Cleator & Workington Junction Railway; 2 p green
Dublin & South Eastern Railway: 4 p green
Dundee and Anbroath Joint Railway: 2 p green
Eastern and Midlands Railway: 2 p green
Garstang & Knot End Railway: 2 p green
Great Central & North Staffordshire Ry.Com.: 4 p green
Great Central Railway Company: 4 p green
Great Eastern Railway: 2 p green
Great Northern Railway: 2 p green
Great North of Scotland Railway: 2 p green
Gt. Central & Midland Joint Committee; 4 p green
Isle of Wight Central Railway: 3 p on 2 p green
Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly: 2 p green, 2 p red, 'Threepence'
(violet) on 2 p green, 3 p green
London and North Western Railway: 2 p green
London, Chatham and Dover Railway: 2 p green
London Brighton and South Coast Railway: 2 p green, '4d' (blue)
on 2 p green
London, Tilbury & Southend Railway: 2 p green
Manchester South Junc. & Altrincham Ry: 2 p green
Metn. and G.C. Joint Committee: 2 p blue
Metropolitan Railway: 2 p red
Midland Railway: 2 p green
Midland & South Western Junction Railway: 2 p green
Neath and Brecon Railway: 2 p green
North British Railway Company: 2 p green, 4 p green
North Staffordshire Railway: 2 p green
So: West & Mid Rly Co's Som: & Dor: Joint Line: 2 p green
South Eastern Railway: 2 p green
South Eastern & Chatham Railway: 2 p green
Southern & L.M.S.Ry.Co Som. & Dorset Joint Line: 4 p
green
The Furness Railway: 2 p green
Tralee & Dingle Lt Rly & Tramway Company: 2 p green
Waterford, Limerick & Western Railway: 2 p green
West Clare Railway Company: 2 p green
(A Great Western Railway stamp in a very similar design)
London & South Western Railway:
Great Eastern Railway:
Midland Railway, 1876
(London Transport Executive Prepaid Newspaper Parcel)
(Parcel stamp, London and North Western Railway Company, reduced
sizes)
(Parcel Stamp London and North Western Railway)
In the above London and North Western Railway I have seen the values: 5 p red, 6 p red, 11 p red, 1 Sh 0 p red and 1 Sh 2 p red.
(North Eastern Railway Company Parcel Stamp)
Inscription D.U.T.Co. PARCELS; Dublin United Tramways Co.
This stamp is a parcel delivery stamp issued by the Dublin United Tramways Company (with thanks to David Stirling for information on this stamp).
Prepaid Parcel NRC (Natal Government
Railway); no country name indicated. I've also seen a 6 p blue.
"Walter Morley's Catalogue and Price List or
the Stamps of Great Britain' 1897
"Railway Newspaper and Parcel Stamps of the United Kingdom
Issued from 1855 to october 1906" compiled by H. L'Estrange
Ewen (available at http://www.archive.org).
"The Railway Letter Stamps of Great Britain 1891-1941 Part
3" by A.J. Ecclestone and Sydney R. Turner (1963)
"The Railway and Airway Letter Stamps of the British Isles
1891-1971" by Capt. H.T. Jackson F.R.P.S.,L.
"The Railway Letter Posts of Great Britain" Part 1
General History, by H.T. Jackson (Published by The Railway
Philatelic Group)
In the above design exist:
1) With inscription 'Head office 20 Cases St.':
1 p black on yellow, 2 p red, 3 p black on red, 4 p black on
green, 6 p black on blue,
2) With inscription 'Head office 6 Wood St.'
with a monogram at the foot with an '&' in the center: 2 p
red, 3 p black, 3 p black on lilac, 4 p black on green, 6 p black
on blue and 1 Sh blue,
3) With inscription 'Head office 6 Wood St.'
with a '&' removed from monogram at the foot: 3 p black and 1
Sh black.
4) Different type with value in straight label
at the bottom: 3 p black on red, 4 p black on green, 1 Sh black,
4 p black and 6 p black on blue
5) With date on stamp 3 p black on red (1887,
1888, 1889, and 1890) and 4 p black on green (1890)
6) Luggage and Parcel Express 42 and 44 Wood
Street: 4 p blue
1 p red (imperforate or perforated, with or without control number) 2 p black (perforated, without control number)