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Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

1969

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

1969

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

1969

Flying Scotsman Aus. Steam 1988

1988

Locomotive Philatelica stamp album

Stamp presentation pack, Famous Trains

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

1969

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

1969

Flying Scotsman USA Tour 1969 commemorative envelope

1969

A final tribute to the steam locomotive

1968-10

Locomotive Philatelica stamp album

Locomotive Philatelica stamp album

Frank Stacey stamp album

1963-1995

Railways through stamps

1950-1960

Railway Philatelica

First Day Cover commemorating the 50th Anniversary of 4472

02/05/1973

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

1977
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.

Clyde Coast Pullman commemorative postal cover

1974
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.

Clyde Coast Pullman commemorative postal cover

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

1997
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

1975
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

1974
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

1982
Letter cover addressed to the owners of Shildon Works near Ferry Hill.

letter covers

1843-1857
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

1975
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

1935
Letter cover addressed to The Directors of The Stockton & Darlington Railway, Darlington.

letter covers

1843-1857
Proof sheet of 4 NYMR Railway letter stamps. Joined to item 1994-7317/2.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway proof sheet

1994
Letter cover addressed to Shildon Works Co New Shildon.

letter covers

1843-1857
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

1994
Commemorative envelope - rail journey, Delhi - Alwar, by Fairy Queen locomotive 1855, commemorated 18 October 1997, with decorative postmark and stamp showing the Lawrence Scool, Sanawar.

indian commemorative envelope

1997
Commemorative cover, paper, The Territorial Army 1908-2008 / A Century of Service - British Forces Postal Service, commemorating the British Forces Postal Service and the centenary of the TA. Depicts Britannia class locomotive no. 70013 Oliver Cromwell, which ran as no. 70048 and was named 'The Territorial Army 1908-2008' at Quorn & Woodhouse Station on the Great Central Railway on 8 November 2008. Bears a 1st class stamp and contains a card with notes on the TA and the Service. Produced by 88 Postal & Courier Regiment, The Royal Logistical Corps.

The Territorial Army 1908-2008 / A Century of Service - British Forces Postal Service

2008-11
Newspaper parcel stamp, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway for 4.d, prepaid, marked 'at owners risk', rectangular in shape, on orange paper, No.1/ 9991, dimensions 44 x 31mm.

newspaper parcel stamp

Commemorative envelope - rail journey, Delhi - Alwar, by Fairy Queen locomotive 1855, commemorated 18 October 1997, with decorative postmark and stamp showing Shah Nawaz Khan, R K Sahgal, G S Dhillon and palace.

indian commemorative envelope

1997
Newspaper parcel stamp, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway for 5.d, prepaid, marked 'at owners risk', rectangular in shape on orange paper, No. 4/ 9996, dimensions 44 x 31mm.

newspaper parcel stamp

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

letter covers

1843-1857
First day cover celebrating 100 years of the West Highland line, dated 11 August 1994.

West Highland Line 1894 - 1994

1994
First day cover celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line, dated Glasgow 18 February 1992.

Edinburgh - Glasgow 150 years - this magnificent line

1992
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

1971
Album of Railway Company postage stamps - railway company perforations. (Andrews Collection)

Railway stamp album

1817-1900
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

2004
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

Philatelic first day cover, issued by the Irregular Special Railway Company, The Sherlock Holmes Railway Society, 18 January 1994. Envelope with five Royal Mail stamps from The Age of Steam series by photographer Colin Gifford. The cover features a reproduction of Sidney Paget’s 1892 illustration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s story, The Adventure of Silver Blaze. The illustration, titled ‘Holmes gave me a sketch of the events’, depicts Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes in a railway carriage on a journey to Dartmoor. A simplified version of the illustration also appears in the two frank markings inked over the stamps. The stamps, in five denominations are 19p depicting Class 5 No 44957 and Class B1 No. 61343 on West Highland Line; 25p depicting Class A1 No. 60149 Amadis at Kings Cross; 30p depicting Class 4 No. 43000 on Turntable at Blyth North; 35p depicting Class 4 No. 42455 near Wigan Central; 41p depicting Class Castle No. 7002 Devizes Castle on Bridge crossing Worcester and Birmingham Canal. The stamps, in photogravure and PVA gum, were designed by Delaney Design Consultants, printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd. Text on the cover gives details of the society and the address of Antony Richards. At top right is a small illustration of a tank locomotive with deerstalker and pipe.

First day cover, Irregular Special Railway Company

1994
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

1980
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

1980
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, "Save at Leisure for Future Pleasure"

2 Proof sheets of NYMR Railway letter stamps, a railway NYMR newsletter ,and 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

1994
First day cover celebrating 20th century streamlined locomotives - stamp depicts the 20th Century Limited. Issued 27 August 1999.

First day cover celebrating 20th century streamlined locomotives

1999
First day cover celebrating 20th century streamlined locomotives - stamp depicts the Super Chief. Issued 27 August 1999.

First day cover celebrating 20th century streamlined locomotives

1999
First day cover celebrating 20th century streamlined locomotives - stamp depicts Hiawatha. Issued 27 August 1999.

First day cover celebrating 20th century streamlined locomotives

1999