Friday, June 5, 2009

Railroad Cancels: Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad

The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad was a system of railroads that ran throughout Florida. The system's route map in 1882 is shown below.
In 1889 the railroad took the name the Florida Central and Peninsular and changed from the name Florida Transit and Peninsular.

Rouletted 2 cent documentary handstamp cancelled by Florida Central and Peninsular on May 23, 1899, only 13 months before the Seabord Air Line Railroad leased and eventually absorbed the FC&P Railroad.

The Georgia and Alabama Railway, a cancel of which was highlighted in the previous post, was also absorbed by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1900.

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