Collection of Ephemera Issued to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

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.