New Zealand Railways 8d Stamp

Hi all, I am currently selling an 8d NZ Railways stamp on ebay but was just wondering why it was used in the first place, is there a practical reason for making it or is it for advertisement of the railway? Kind Regards, Tom.

Hi Tom. I am not sure what you mean by the question, but if you are asking what railway stamps are for I can tell you about that.
Back when I was a child, just after WWII my dad sometimes asked me to mail a letter or a package that was in a big hurry. I would take it to the railway station in my town and hand it to the station chief. He would then put a railway stamp on it and put it on the next train out. Usually at the station of destination someone would be waiting or the item.
Does this explain it a bit?. If you use the search function on this page you can find a lot more about this,

Peter

Very interesting thank you for the info.
Tom

Tom.
New Zealand Railway charges stamp.
Parcels etc charges.

Could we have the ebay number please?

This should be the ebay UK listing

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Zeal...AOSw7p5aZMoV

Thank you dutchman.

No problem, glad I could help