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'Rai{way Station Postmarks

~rigliton Station "RL" Sing{e 'Ring

Registered cover from a soldier serving in the Boer War
addressed to Brighton with a strip of s·x ld lilacs tied by
th .
double ring Army ~ost Office cancels dated 27 September
1900. The letter has clearly been violated and the contents
perhaps stolen. On three sides is the "Found Open and

Officially Sealed" tape tied by hooded circle [scroll] registered
cancels of London dated 19th October 1900. At left is the
BRIGHTON STATION/R.L single ring cancel of the Returned
Letter office dated 19th October 1900. Also with a framed

FOUND OPEN AND/RESEALED IN LS in violet ink. An
·incorrect use of this canceller

Known period of use: 13.7.1887 to 11.4.1902