Collection of Ephemera Issued to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway
- Made:
- 1980
Various items produced as part of the anniversary celebrations of the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Items include;
An original catalogue for the 100th Anniversary celebrations held in St George's Hall, Liverpool.
Reproduction of 1829 £25 Share Certificate issued to David Hodgson.
Unused 12 pence stamps using drawings from T. T. Bury's Coloured Views on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.
Stamped and franked postcard of T T Bury's Entrance into Manchester across Water Street, sent to the museum from Oldham.
Blank examples of postcards featuring Ackermann's Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, a train of First Class of Carriages with the Mail.
Stamped example of postcard featuring Ackermann's Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, a train of First Class of Carriages with the Mail.
Stamped and franked at Liverpool Road Station, example of postcard featuring Ackermann's Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, a train of First Class of Carriages with the Mail.
Blank example of a postcard featuring Ackermann's Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, a train of Waggons with Goods EC EC.
Stamped example of a postcard featuring Ackermann's Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, a train of Waggons with Goods EC EC.
Envelopes with painting of the Station building and 1830 Warehouse by A P Harris.
Post Office First Day Covers of Liverpool & Manchester Railway with T.T. Bury stamps.
Post Office First Day Covers of Liverpool & Manchester Railway with T.T. Bury stamps and franked.
Poster explaining the reason for the Post Office First Day Covers of Liverpool & Manchester Railway.
Blank envelopes of The Great Railway Exposition logo.
Envelope of The Great Railway Exposition logo stamped and franked at Liverpool Road Station.
Blank envelope produced by St Helens & District Philatelic Society
Envelope produced by St Helens & District Philatelic Society stamped and franked at St Helen, Merseyside.
Printed greetings card using original design taken from a jug made in 1830 with picture of the Moorish Arch at Liverpool.
Black and white printed reproduction poster of locomotives which took part in the trials.
Beer mats.
Details
- Extent:
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0.5 linear metres
- Identifier:
- YA1997.1
- Access:
- Open access.
- copyright: