| 单词 | railway letter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrailway letter railway letter n. now chiefly historical a letter handed in at a railway station, to be carried towards its destination on the next available train, for a small fee in addition to the usual postage. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letters, etc., by method of dispatch or conveyance post-letter1648 ship-letterc1675 by-letter1685 penny-post letter1686 way letter1710 by-night1766 cross-letter1789 twopenny1818 box letter1827 non-paid1829 balloon-letter1870 pigeongram1875 railway letter1891 pneumatogram1894 airmail1918 aerogram1919 airgram1919 air letter1920 pneumatique1924 pneu1926 snail mail1929 aerogramme1934 airgraph1941 1891 Times 15 Jan. 6/6 Every letter intended for transmission as a railway letter must be taken to a passenger station of the railway company over whose line it is to be sent. 1933 Post Office Guide Jan. 42 The following Railway Companies..accept and convey letters,..either to be called for at the Station of address or to be transferred there to the nearest Post Office letter box. Such letters are called Railway Letters. 1994 Stamp Mag. Nov. 27/2 The card's railway letter stamp was the multicoloured view of locomotive No. 7 Tom Rolt crossing the Dolgoch Falls viaduct. < as lemmas |
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