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Royal Engineers Series No
RE Series No 27
Date: 13 August 1975.
Title: Longmoor Military Railway 70th Anniversary.
Type: First Day Issue - Commemorative Cover.
Stamps: 4 x commemorative stamps: "150th Anniversary of Public Railways", 7ᵖ, 8ᵖ,10ᵖ & 12ᵖ, issued 13 August 1975.
Special Handstamp: Corps of RE 70th Anniversary Longmoor Military Railway BFPF 1396, WIMR monogram in centre.
Signed: Brigadier C.A Langley CB CBE MC, Commandant Transportation Training Centre RE, 1946,
Note: The initials shown on the Special Handstamp, WIMR, stand for Woolmer Instructional Military Railway. This was the original name of the railway up until 1935.
See: Wiki: Longmoor Military Railway - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longmoor_Military_Railway
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