seal impression - birkenhead railway

Seal impression, Birkenhead Railway,1859, oval orange sealing wax, full company title and date around circumference enclosing 2-2-2 locomotive and view of Birkenhead docks, underneath which is written 'Per Mare Per Terras 1846'.

Made of orange sealing wax.

Details

Category:: Railway Heraldry

Object Number:: 1976-7173

Materials:: wax

Measurements:: 1.8504 x 2.3228 in.; 47 x 59 mm

type:: seal

credit:: British Rail, Clapham

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