Heritage Railway Stamps
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Topic: Heritage Railway Stamps
Posted By: Steve
Subject: Heritage Railway Stamps
Date Posted: 25 October 2025 at 04:21
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Heritage railways, both standard and narrow gauge, have sprung up across the UK and across the world. I think the first to operate a railway post as a souvenir item was the Talyllyn Railway, and many others followed suit. In fact too many for me to keep track of. I shall post a few respresentative examples here occasionally, but feel free to post what you have too. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
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Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 25 October 2025 at 04:52
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The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway This narrow guage line originally opened in 1903 betwee these two Welsh towns traveling along the River Banwy valley for about 10 miles. The main intention was transport of agricultural output in the Llanfair Caerwinion area to the main line at Welshpool, though passenger coaches were included in its trains. The 1923 grouping of the countrey's railways in 1923 put it under the control of the GWR, and the 1948 nationalisation transfered it to British Railways. The passenger service had ceased in 1931 and the line was deemed uneconomis and it closed in 1956. It was rescued by volunteers, opening up bit by bit from 1963, station to station, from Llanfair. Its eastern terminus is on the edge of Welshpool; originally it ran between the houses, the engine ringing its bell, to its own station, The original sheep pens used are still there, next to the town's bypass. Much of the original station buildings are preserved and it still has its orignal two locommotives, The Countess and The Earl. Even in British Railways time they carried numbers 1 and 2. This was the first heritage railwy I travelled on, mainly because it was closest to the Midlands where I lived. Now my son lives just 5 miles away and he has minimal interest in railways! I thisnk this is a full set of the stamps issued from 1978 to 2003. Correct me if I am wrong   The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
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Date Posted: 26 October 2025 at 07:42
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Date Posted: 26 October 2025 at 07:42
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Date Posted: 26 October 2025 at 07:43
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Date Posted: 26 October 2025 at 08:01
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Date Posted: 26 October 2025 at 08:50
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Date Posted: 26 October 2025 at 08:54
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Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 26 October 2025 at 11:33
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Thanks for posting these and saving me the task of scanning my slimmer collections of these railway post service stamps. Needless to say I gave traveled on both of them. The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent was the brain child of Captain John Edwards Presgrave ("Jack") Howey and Count Louis Zborowski - a racing driver who was killed in a race incident before the project really got going. The locomotives are all 1/3 scale exact replicas of real locos, runing on 15 inch guage tracks. It runs along the Kent coast from Hythe to Dungeness; a vast acreage of pebbles and shingle jutting out into the English Channel. Film Director Derek Jarman's cottage (or shack) contrasts with the huge power plant there. The Vale of Rheidol Railway runs from Aberystwyth to Devils Bridge and was used originally for mineral freight. Like the WLLR it was swallowed up by the GWR and then British Railways, with engines numbered 7,8 and 9. The journey takes you higher above the Rheidol Valley, when you can look down on Red Kites and Buzzards circling, looking for prey. Devils Bridge itsself featured heavily in the third series of Hinterland, BBc's Welsh noir classic series. My abiding memory though is going for a coffee there at the hotel. We sat in a corner of a vast ballroom alone. Just four tables in a corner with plasticised table cloths. I can see where Hinterland writers got their inspiration. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 04 November 2025 at 01:22
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Talyllyn Railway This narrow gauge railway opened in 1865 to transport slate the 7½ miles from Nant Gwernol to Towyn on the West Wales coast, where it could be loaded onto Cambrian Railway trucks. It was due to close in 1951, but was rescued by volunteers and is the first such heritage railway to reopen. Though a railway post operated beforehand, the first actual stamps for the revitalised railway were issued in 1965. Here are some of the earliest stamps. The cover is somewhat personal to me. There was a stamp shop in Needless Alley on Birmingham, where I used to drop in whenever I was 'up town'. I saw this cobver in the window one day and just had to have it. It was one of the two items I bought there that set me up on the upward spiral of Cinderella collecting.  ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |