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Part cover with contents, salvaged from the Grantham Railway
Disaster of the 19th September 1906 when the Great Northern
Railway Anglo-Scots Express failed to stop at Grantham

Station to pick up mail en-route to Scotland from London. The
train derailed on a bend, having crossed points set for a local
goods train. All but three carriages were thrown down the
embankment or were involved in the demolition of a bridge.

Known periods of use: No postal markings