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..'A.tfienry Station Straight-Line Cance{

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Cover addressed to Dublin with the 1 d red stars tied by

the numeral cancel for Athenry Town. On the back is
the straight-line cancel RAILWAY STATION

alongside the dated double arc cancel of ATHENRY
dated 22nd January 1858.

To date, just two examples of this mark have been
recorded over an eighteen-month period

Only two railway stations in Ireland had this or a

similar mark; Galway Station having a straight-line
cancel which simply reads "RAILWAY"

Known period of use: 3.6.1856 to 22.1.1858