30 RAILROAD CANCELS & EPHEMERA 1856-1953, includes 3 Registered Letter Bills with RPO cancels noting Ludlow #O-144 (RF-255) and #O-146 (RF-325), also railroad advice notices for GWR in 1856 and ICR in 1888 & 1893, lot includes 21 SON RPO's on stamps including an ICR ticket stamp Ludlow #TS-93b (RF-375), GTR #O-85 (RF-235), GRT #O-84 (RF-250) ++, also note an 1801 British SFL from Greenock to Kilmarnoch with interesting contents regarding exporting rum, gin, and brandy to Quebec, retails over $250, F-VF est ($50+ US)

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24 RAILROAD EPHEMERA ITEMS 1905-1920, includes 22 mostly pre-1912 railroad postcards noting 10 are real photo cards showing bridge construction, pile drivers, switch houses, an Atlantic & Gulf Railroad wood burning steam locomotive at Smith-Creek Station (Dearborn-MICH), view of the Parcholz-OHIO railroad tunnel, railroad construction at Troy-NY, railroad YMCA building at Island-Pond-VT, CPR passenger train at the Merrickville-ONT station, rail yards at the Kingston-ONT docks, lot also includes a photo of the Mattagami Railroad locomotive used for freight between the Mattagami Paper Mill and the CPR main line 3 miles away, a $100 share certificate for the Morrisburg & Ottawa Electric Railroad Company (1914) along with the history of the line ++, retails over $250, F-VF est ($50+ US)

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