Postal History List of British Railway Postmarks

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Postal History of GB – Railway Covers and Associated Items.

British Postal History – Duplex Postmarks

British Postal History – Machine Cancellations
British Postal History – Squared Circle Postmarks
British Postal History – Circular Cancels 0f England & Wales
British Postal History – Circular Cancels 0f Scotland

British Postal History – Exhibition Postmarks and Covers
British Postal History - Railway Postmarks
British Commonwealth Countries Stamps & Postal History
Foreign Countries Stamps & Postal History

British Postal History - Railway Covers – Also World Railway Covers

ALL POSTMARKS ARE ON COMPLETE CARDS or ENVELOPES - (No Pieces)

Railway Covers – Royal Mail Special Events Postmarks

Date	Postmark	Type	Cover		Price
4 Oct 1963	Midland Railway London Extension – St Albans	Pictorial	SPE	B	£2.95
18 Oct 1963	Midland Railway London Extension – Bedford	Pictorial	SPE	B	£2.95
22 May 1976	Talyllyn Railway – Nant Gwernol Extension Opened – Towyn Gwynedd	Pictorial	ENV	B	£0.60
17 Oct 1977	50^th Anniv Post Office Railway – London EC	Pictorial	SPE	B	£1.50
22 Apr 1978	North of England Philatelic Assn. 29^th Convention Spennymoor, Sedgefield – “Carried on High Speed Train Darlinton to K.Cross” Cachet.	Pictorial	SPE	B	£2.50
12 Mar 1980	80^th Anniv. Rother Railway – Tenterden , Kent	Pictorial	SPE	C	£0.95
15 May 1980	North Staffs Railway Co. Exhibition Opening – Stoke-on-Trent	Oblong	ENV	A	£0.75
24 May 1980	Rainhill Trials – Liverpool	Pictorial	SPE	C	£3.25
11 Nov 1980	First Mail by Rail – Liverpool & Manchester Railway - Manchester	Pictorial	SPE	C	£2.95
18 May 1981	Centenary of Loco No.752 - Keithley	Oblong	ENV	A	£0.75
26 May 1981	80064 1^st Public Steaming – Dart Valley	Pictorial	ENV	A	£0.75
1 Jun 1981	150^th Anniv of Passenger Service – Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway - Glasgow	Circle	ENV	A	£0.95
6 Jun 1981	“Josiah Wedgwood” Locomotive Naming – North Staffs Railway Co. - Leek	Oval	ENV	A	£1.25
22 Jan 1985	150^th Anniv. Of GWR King George VI Hereford-Shrewsbury (on postcard showing locomotive)	Oblong	PPC	A	£1.75

Railway Covers – Railway Letters

Company	Stamps	Postmarks/Cachets	No.	Date	Cover		Price
Festiniog	1/3 Fairlie + 5d Welsh regional	“First Day of Issue” Portmadoc cancel with “To be posted at Minfforde” and PO “Penrhyndeudraeth”		1969	SPE	C	£2.25
Festiniog	15p “Mountaineer” + 9p regional	Tanygrisiau & “To be posted at Minffordd”		1979	PPC of “Prince”	A	£1.75
Llanberis Lake	Lettersheet	Unused		1976	FL	A	£0.95
Llanberis Lake	25p “Elidir 100 years old”	Cei Llydan & “To be posted at Gilfach...”		No date	PPC of ELIDIR	A	£2.25
Llanberis Lake	25p “Elidir 100 years old”	Cei Llydan & “To be posted at Gilfach..”		No date	PPC of Dolbadarn	A	£1.25
Talyllyn	10p Ovpt, + 5d regional (invalid stamp canc.with large “Towyn St”)	Rhydy-ronen		Feb 1971	SPE	B	£4.95
Talyllyn	10p + 3½ p regional	Abergynolwyn & “To be posted..”		1974	SPE	B	£1.50
Talyllyn	10c + 3½ p regional	Abergynolwyn		1974	SPE	B	£1.50
Talyllyn	1975 10p + 7p Railways	Commem. Postmarks for Stockton & Darlington		13 Aug 1975	SPE	B	£1.75
Talyllyn	10p Green (+ 8½p regional cancelled with “Nant Gwernol Extension Opened”)	“Extension Opened to Nant Gwernol”		22 May 1976	SPE	B	£1.75
Talyllyn	Lettersheet	Unused		1976	FL	A	£0.95
Talyllyn	10p Silver Jubilee + 8½p S.Jub Commem. With Aberystwyth FDC	Jubilee Postmark “Railway Towyn”		11 May 1977	SPE	B	£1.75
Talyllyn	20p “Sir Haydn”	Dolgoch Falls + “to be posted at Towyn”		1985	PPC of Towyn Station	A	£2.50
Talyllyn	20c “Dolgoch” + 17p regional	Dolgoch Falls + “to be posted at Towyn”		1985	PPC of Loco No.4 Edward Thomas	A	£3.50
Talyllyn	20p “Talyllyn” + 17p regional	Dolgoch Falls + “to be posted at Tywyn”		1985	PPC of Loco No.2 Dolgoch	A	£3.50
Talyllyn	20c “Sir Haydn” + 17p regional	Dolgoch Falls + “to be posted at Tywyn”		1985	PPC of Loco No.2 Dolgoch	A	£3.50
Talyllyn	20p “Talyllyn” + 18p regional	Abergynolwyn + “Peter Sam”		1989	PPC of “Peter Sam”	A	£2.50
Talyllyn	20p “Douglas”, 5p & “Steam Endures” + 20p definitive	Nant Gwernol + “to be posted at Towyn Wh”		1995	PPC	A	£1.75
Talyllyn	20c “Douglas”, 5p & “Steam Endures” + 20p definitive	Nant Gwernol + “to be posted at Towyn Wh”		1995	PPC	A	£1.75

Railway Items

Type	Description		Price
North Eastern Railway Postcard	Goods arrived postcard - 1909 with “Goods Depot Horsforth” cachet – Postmark s/c “Horsforth Leeds”	A	£0.75
North Eastern Railway Postcard	Goods arrived postcard - 1910 with “Goods Depot Horsforth” cachet – Postmark s/c “Horsforth Leeds”	A	£0.75

World Railway Items

Country	Description		Price
USA - SPRR Railroad	This is a super piece of postal history. It is a postcard souvenir folder, with a 1915 “World’s Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco 1915” S.F Station, slogan postmark. It is the souvenir folder of the SPRR, San Francisco to Portland Railroad, showing Mt Shasta and various railroad scenes, including the “Solana” ferry carrying the “Overland” trains from Point Costa to Benicia, California. The folder ALSO has a perfect cachet of “Top of the World - Sisson / Mt Shasta” on the front. Super condition, see photo.		£6.75

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Cover
This shows the media on which the postmark is struck as follows:
PPC – Picture Postcard
PC – Plain Postcard
PSC – Postal Stationery Card
PSE – Postal Stationery Envelope
SPE – Specially Printed Envelope
ENV – Plain Envelope
FL – Folded Letter