Lot 215
THE LONDON TILBURY AND SOUTHEND RAILWAY COMPANY DIE
A MID 19TH CENTURY STEEL DIE
Auction: 17 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
£114
Description
of circular outline, the border engraved with ‘THE LONDON TILBURY AND SOUTHEND RAILWAY COMPANY’ with a depiction of Tilbury Fort to the centre, set within a steel cylinder die for printing on paper
Dimensions
3.7cm (long overall), 2.5cm (matrix diameter)
Provenance
The Matrix Collection
Footnote
The 'LTSR' can be traced back to the 1850s with the company dating from 1852. The original terminus was to be ‘Tilbury Fort’ to attract visitors to the nearby Rosherville Pleasure Gardens and across the river Thames to Gravesend using steamers. The company was taken over by Midland Railway in 1912.