London and South Western Railway Luggage Labels
Coloured Labels -Type 2
| by Mike Morant
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| This type is characterised by its unusual heading
which is spread over two lines and it is consistent throughout the entire
range. It also sees the introduction of an ampersand instead of the word
'and' in the title.
All the examples in the author's collection display the '787' code on the right-hand side and none of them is enclosed in brackets. This type of label sees the introduction of a some new features to the assortment:
The Queen Street label is matched by a St. David's version but, as will be seen with the Type 4 labels, they eventually had the formatting reversed with the 'Exeter' dominating. |
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| The Wareham label, yellow because it is on the Southampton to
Weymouth line, has a 'WHIMPLE' overstamp and many LSWR labels display
this characteristic. The font used on this label is often referred to as the
spidery or thin font. There is more information on that esoteric aspect in the
section on the Type 4 labels.
Note also that the GWR destination is on a blue label whereas the norm, perhaps later in the production cycle, for 'foreign' destinations, became yellow with one or two notable exceptions. |
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This page was last updated 7 July 2007
