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SG17/ 42 1858 Railway Station postmarks – Ireland. Cover addressed to Dublin.

£2,250.00

1d. “Star” tied by the numeral cancel for Athenry Town, small straight line “Railway Station” alongside is the Athenry double arc cds for 22nd January 1858.

To date, just two examples of this mark have been recorded over an 18 month period. Just two stations had this, or a similar mark. Galway having a straight line which reads, simply, “Railway”. Rare.

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1d. “Star” tied by the numeral cancel for Athenry Town, small straight line “Railway Station” alongside is the Athenry double arc cds for 22nd January 1858.

To date, just two examples of this mark have been recorded over an 18 month period. Just two stations had this, or a similar mark. Galway having a straight line which reads, simply, “Railway”. Rare.