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A final tribute to the steam locomotive

Railway Stamps & Covers

1968-10

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

Railway Stamps & Covers

1969

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

Railway Stamps & Covers

1969

Flying Scotsman Aus. Steam 1988

Railway Stamps & Covers

1988

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

Railway Stamps & Covers

1969

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

Railway Stamps & Covers

1969

Frank Stacey stamp album

Railway Stamps & Covers

1963-1995

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

Railway Stamps & Covers

1969

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

Railway Stamps & Covers

1969

Railways through stamps

Railway Stamps & Covers

1950-1960
Commemorative cover, consisting of an envelope with heradlic arms and an 8 1/2p Silver Jubilee stamp and an ink stamp showing a Deltic loco, and a card insert. The cover was produced to commemorate the inaugural run of the new Silver Jubilee named train on 8 June 1977. This was a limited edition of 5000 - this example is no. 3084. It was originally intended that the guards on the train should sell the cards. However the guards refused, and the covers were returned to York, where the majority were destroyed.

Inaugural Run of the Silver Jubilee Train, 8 June 1977, Newcastle upon Tyne

Railway Stamps & Covers

1977
First Day Cover commemorating the 50th Anniversary of 4472, the Flying Scotsman locomotive, issued 2nd May 1973 and postmarked Doncaster Yorkshire

First Day Cover commemorating the 50th Anniversary of 4472,

Railway Stamps & Covers

02/05/1973
Great Western Railway Travel Savings Card. "Save at Leisure for Future Pleasure" - by the purchase of 6d postage stamps to purchase railway tickets. Partially filled card with 4, 6d stamps

great western railway travel savings card

Railway Stamps & Covers
Envelope, commemorating the inaugural run of the Silver Jubilee Train, 8 June 1977, Newcastle upon Tyne, No 0403 of a limited edition of 5,000, handed to passengers and posted on the commemorative train.

silver jubilee commemorative cover

Railway Stamps & Covers

1977
Sheet of stamps, paper, Nene Valley Railway Tenth Anniversary. Issued to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Nene Valley Railway in 1977, designed by Ed Roberts and printed by Fisherprint. Sheet consist of 9 20p stamps, 3 depicting Swedish Class S no. 1178, 3 depicting French Nord Class 3500 no. 3.628 and 3 depicting Battle of Britain class '92 Squadron.' The surround of the stamps bears the legend 'Railway letter stamps issued by Nene Valley Railway Ltd. for the carriage of letters as agent for the Post Office.' Also four 25p stamps featuring 'City of Peterborough' marked 'Nene Valley Railway Railway Letter Fee' issued to raise funds (5p of each stamp) for the Nene Valley Railway's Extension Fund.

Nene Valley Railway Tenth Anniversary Stamps, 1977

Railway Stamps & Covers

1977
Proof sheet of 4 NYMR Railway letter stamps. Joined to 1994-7317/1

North Yorkshire Moors Railway proof sheet

Railway Stamps & Covers

1994
Envelope, commemorative, showing drawing of locomotive heading through hills to Jerusalem and legend "Jerusalem 73, Railway Branch Post Office", International Stamp Exhibition Tel Aviv Jerusalem postmark, and commemorative stamp, 17 November 1982.

commemorative envelope

Railway Stamps & Covers

1982
United States Postal Service book of twenty US 22 cent stamps depicting steam locomotives - "Stourbridge Lion," "Best Friend of Charleston", "John Bull", "Brother Jonathan" and "Gowan & Marx". Issued circa October 1987. Only 5 stamps remain in the book.

Steam Locomotives - Twenty US 22 cent stamps

Railway Stamps & Covers

1987
Letter cover addressed to the owners of Shildon Works near Ferry Hill.

letter covers

Railway Stamps & Covers

1843-1857
Postal cover, paper, First Mail by Rail Liverpool & Manchester Rly 11 November 1830 Post Office Commemorative Cover, carried on special train from Liverpool to York via Manchester, 11 November 1980. Issued by the Post Office, designed by Sutherland Hawes & Associates, bearing 5 stamps illustrating the Liverpool & Manchester Railway designed by David Gentleman and printed by Harrison & Sons (High Wycombe). Also bears special Rocket 150 55p stamp and 3 cachet marks to indicate carriage on the special train.

First Mail by Rail Liverpool & Manchester Rly 11 November 1830 Post Office Commemorative Cover

Railway Stamps & Covers

1980
Stamps commemorative "The Age of Steam" First day cover issued by G.P.O. 18/1/94. 5 stamps on envelope. Philatelic Bureau Edinburgh. Commemorative issued 18 January 1994, photographs by Colin Gifford, designed by Delaney Design Consultants, printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd, photogravure, PVA gum; 19p stamp, Class 5 No 44957 and Class B1 No. 61343 on West Highland Line; 25p stamp, Class A1 No. 60149 Amadis at Kings Cross; 30p stamp, Class 4 No. 43000 on Turntable at Blyth North; 35p stamp, Class 4 No. 42455 near Wigan Central; 41p stamp, Class Castle No. 7002 Devizes Castle on Bridge crossing Worcester and Birmingham Canal.

The Age of Steam stamps

Railway Stamps & Covers

1994
First day cover, Silver Jubilee National Rail Museum, India, 1971-1996, stamped 7th October 1996.

Silver Jubilee National Rail Museum, India

Railway Stamps & Covers

1996
Stamps, two penny red stamps from Queen Victoria's reign, perforated "GWR" (Great Western Railway).

Stamps, two penny red stamps from Queen Victoria's reign

Railway Stamps & Covers
Newspaper parcel stamp, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway for 2d, prepaid, marked 'at owners risk', diamond shaped, on blue paper, No.1, dimensions 74 x 60mm.

newspaper parcel stamp

Railway Stamps & Covers
Newspaper parcel stamp, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway for 2d, prepaid, marked 'at owners risk', rectangular in shape, on green paper, No.15/ 4981, dimensions 44 x 31mm.

newspaper parcel stamp

Railway Stamps & Covers
Envelope addressed to Alex Forbes Esq, Great Northern Railway, Kings Cross, postmarked London SW, with penny red stamp, 18th January 1877.

envelope addressed to alex forbes esq

Railway Stamps & Covers

1877
Royal Mail booklet "Letters By Night - A Tribute to the Travelling Post Office", containing various stamps, images, quotations from W. H. Auden's "Night Mail" and a poem "The Last Post" by Simon Armitage. Produced to commemorate the withdrawal of the Travelling Post Offices in 2004.

Letters By Night - A Tribute to the Travelling Post Office

Railway Stamps & Covers

2004
Newspaper parcel stamp, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway for 1/2d, diamond shape, om pink paper, dimensions 76 x 63mm.

newspaper parcel stamp

Railway Stamps & Covers
45 London & North Western Railway parcel stamps. 6 1/2d, yellow stamps; 4 purple, 1d stamps; 7 orange 2 d stamps; 8 brown 3d stamps; 6 blue 4d stamps; 8 blue 6d stamps; 1 red 9d stamp; 7 green 1/- stamps. The envelope in which the stamps are contained states that there were originally 77 stamps: 10 1/2d; 10 1d; 10 2d; 8; 3d; 9 4d; 10 6d; 10 9d; 10 1/-.

45 LNWR railway parcel stamps

Railway Stamps & Covers
Railway tickets, Japanese National Railways, Shinkansen, special souvenir set of four in envelope for the opening of the new Tokkaido Line, Japan, 1975.

Souvenir set of four railway tickets in envelope

Railway Stamps & Covers

1975
Envelope, commemorating the opening of the National Railway Museum on 27 September 1975, addressed to Dr J A Coiley at the National Railway Museum.

envelope commemorating the opening of the national railway museum

Railway Stamps & Covers

1975
Air Mail envelope. Great Western Railway. Envelope with a 3d Green GWR Air Mail Stamp addressed to New Malden, Surrey, Per GW Railway Air Service Plymouth - Birmingham. Franked Plymouth (North Road), 5 June 1933, and Erdington, Birmingham, 6 June 1933. 137 x 79mm.

Air Mail envelope

Railway Stamps & Covers

1933
A North Yorkshire Moors Railway news letter, entitled The Age of Steam. Dated the 18th January 1994. Relates to the release of the first day covers.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway, news letter

Railway Stamps & Covers

1994
Postal cover, paper, Clyde Coast Pullman commemorative postal cover issued by the Locomotive Club of Great Britain. Carried on the Club's Clyde Coast Pullman railtour, 29 June 1974. Note that this cover lack one of the commemorative stamps.

Clyde Coast Pullman commemorative postal cover [supplied title]

Railway Stamps & Covers

1974
Commemorative cover celebrating 150 years since the opening of the York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway, dated 2 July 1997. The cover illustrates various locomotives including Mallard, and also the nameplate of the Flying Scotsman, the Forth Bridge, etc., and has a brief history of the YN&BR on the back of the envelope. No. 61 in Benham's Railway Series.

York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway commemorative cover

Railway Stamps & Covers

1997
An envelope covered in 9 first day covers. The object is dated 18 Janurary, 1994, and is post marked N.Y.M.R. Goathland.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway, first day covers

Railway Stamps & Covers

1994
Poster stamps, 'The Book of the Southern Railway', containing forty stamps depicting posters of the Southern Railway, given with the Children's Newspaper, February 23 1935.

The Book of the Southern Railway

Railway Stamps & Covers

1935
Stamps, first day cover for Railway Theme Postage Stamps and NYMR Railway Letter Stamps. 18/1/1994

North Yorkshire Moors Railway stamps

Railway Stamps & Covers

1994
Philatelic first day cover and associated documentation, presented to the NRM by the Hackworth Society to commemorate the re-running of the Rainhill Trials, 24-26 May 1980, in glazed frame.

Philatelic first day cover and associated documentation, pre

Railway Stamps & Covers

1980
Envelope, commemorative, produced by H & J Milne, Linton Railway Station, on the occasion of opening of the National Railway Museum; with commemorative Post Office stamps bearing railway designs; franked National Railway Museum, York Opening 27 September 1975.

commemorative envelope re opening of nrm

Railway Stamps & Covers

1975
Postal cover, paper, First Mail by Rail Liverpool & Manchester Rly 11 November 1830 Post Office Commemorative Cover, carried on special train from Liverpool to York via Manchester, 11 November 1980. Issued by the Post Office, designed by Sutherland Hawes & Associates, bearing 5 stamps illustrating the Liverpool & Manchester Railway designed by David Gentleman and printed by Harrison & Sons (High Wycombe). Also bears special Rocket 150 55p stamp and 3 cachet marks to indicate carriage on the special train.

First Mail by Rail Liverpool & Manchester Rly 11 November 1830 Post Office Commemorative Cover

Railway Stamps & Covers

1980
Letter cover addressed to The Directors of The Stockton & Darlington Railway, Darlington.

letter covers

Railway Stamps & Covers

1843-1857
Envelope, commemorative, celebrating the centenary year of Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and The National Union of Railwaymen 1871-1971; with postmark of NUR badge and drawings of Metropolitan District Railway Beyer Peacock 4-4-0 tank engine built 1871 and the Advanced Passenger Train, includes card with brief details of formation of society and LNER London-Kings Cross Flying Scotsman roundel.

commemorative envelope re asrs centenary

Railway Stamps & Covers

1971
Letter cover addressed to the owners of Shildon Works near Ferry Hill signed Thomas Baker June 1st 1857.

letter covers

Railway Stamps & Covers

1843-1857
Envelope, postmarked Glasgow, September 13th, 1865 and stamped with Victoria Regina 1d red stamp, addressed to Henry Oakley, Great Northern Railway, Railway Terminus, Kings Cross, London, paper, handwritten.

envelope addressed to henry oakley great northern railway

Railway Stamps & Covers

1865
Parcel stamp, London & North Eastern Railway, from Harrogate, 9d, S4/7656, over stamped ‘British Railways Oct 8th 1952’, fixed to buff coloured wrapping paper with Harrogate address.

London & North Eastern Railway parcel stamp

Railway Stamps & Covers
Proof sheet of 4 NYMR Railway letter stamps. Joined to item 1994-7317/2.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway proof sheet

Railway Stamps & Covers

1994
Envelope, commemorative, showing drawing of diesel locomotive and legend "90 Years of Railway in Eretz Israel", Israel State Railways postmark, and commemorative addition to stamp, 28 March 1974.

commemorative envelope

Railway Stamps & Covers

1974
Letter cover addressed to Shildon Works Co New Shildon.

letter covers

Railway Stamps & Covers

1843-1857
Stamps, commemorative "The Age of Steam", presentation pack issued 18 January 1994, designed by Delaney Design Consultants, printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd, photogravure, PVA gum; 19p stamp, Class 5 No 44957 and Class B1 No. 61343 on West Highland Line; 25p stamp, Class A1 No. 60149 Amadis at Kings Cross; 30p stamp, Class 4 No. 43000 on Turntable at Blyth North; 35p stamp, Class 4 No. 42455 near Wigan Central; 41p stamp, Class Castle No. 7002 Devizes Castle on Bridge crossing Worcester and Birmingham Canal.

The Age of Steam stamps

Railway Stamps & Covers

1994