Lot 10016 – PORT ARTHUR: 1889 1R with “PORT-ARTHUR / 1 / RAILW

PORT ARTHUR: 1889 1R with “PORT-ARTHUR / 1 / RAILWAY POSTAL BRANCH” 12 VII 1902 cds, stamp with faults incl. a hole at the left side, still the ONLY EXAMPLE RECORDED of this cancel, plus a ppc of Port Arthur Railway Station Note: This is the origin of the record in the BJRP no.30 (1962), pp.13 & 17 fig.68. Evidently the bulk of mail arriving a Port Arthur Railway Station for despatch was loaded straight on to the TPOs of Line 266 for sorting and cancelling and the Station’s own canceller used only items such as insured sendings, money transfers and parcel cards