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elcome to the latest edition of Shunters Yard, and As always, we are open to new cover suggestions so if you Wmany apologies for the long gap since the last one. know of a rebuild project or an anniversary for next year, or even the year after, please let us know (but please, 25th, You may have received some text lists from me in the 50th, 75th anniversaries etc.) last few months, and noticed a few new series. You’ll find them in here too, but this time with illustrations. If you don’t see illustrations of items that you are interested in, Sarah Griggs then just ask. October 2017

CONTENTS P2-3 Buckingham Third Series P4-5 First Class Rail P6-7 Pilgrim Philatellics P8 The Big Four Museum Covers P9 Terence Cuneo P10-11 Scotsman Oddities & Rarities COL0125 £125 A varied collection of 50 rail covers with an album. P12 First Class Rail Contents may vary. Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] 1 BUCKINGHAM RAIL THIRD SERIES Last year saw the start of our third Buckingham Rail series. This has been very popular - as you can see from the checklist, many have already sold out and have waiting lists. The way to ensure that you don’t miss out, is to join our rail club. Call us and ask for further details.

R301 £12.50 R302 £12.50 175th Anniversary of R303 £12.50 175th Anniversary of The Flying Scotsman return to rails. the Swindon Railway Works. Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway.

R304 £20 JUST 3 AVAILABLE R305 £15 175th Anniversary of GWR R306 £12.50 150th Anniversary of 100 Years of British Light Railways on the Main Line - to Bristol. Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. Western Front.

R307 £15 R308 SOLD OUT BUYING R309 SOLD OUT BUYING 175 Years of the London-Brighton railway. 175th Anniversary of Thomas Cook’s first 40th Anniversary of the Inter-City 125 High excursion . speed Train.

R310 £15 R311 £15 175th anniversary of the R312 SOLD OUT BUYING 150th Anniversary of the Talyllyn Railway. opening of The & Glasgow 150th anniversary Paddington-Penzance Railway. Broad Gauge passenger service.

R313 £15 R314 SOLD OUT BUYING R315 SOLD OUT BUYING 50th anniversary of 60007 Sir 150 years of Keighley & Worth Valley The New Postal Museum Underground inaugural run under their owner-ship of Railway. Mail Rail. A4 Preservation Society.

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R316 SOLD OUT BUYING R317 SOLD OUT BUYING R318 £12.50 Opening of the New Queensferry 175th Anniversary of the First Monarch to 125th anniversary of Bridgnorth Cliff Crossing. travel by train. Railway.

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R319 SOLD OUT BUYING 200th anniversary of Sir John Fowler’s birth. R320 £10.95 R321 £10.95 Celebrating the 50th anniversary of West 150th anniversary of the opening of the Lancashire Light Railway Duffield to Wirksworth Line. NEVER MISS A BUCKINGHAM RAIL COVER Since our first rail cover nearly 15 years ago the popularity of Buckingham Rail Covers has grown and grown. Each month more and more collectors don’t want to miss out on a cover and so join our rail club. This means that each cover is automatically reserved, you will receive it at the special club price and every Buckingham Cover you buy goes towards our token scheme, which builds towards to FREE ALBUMS or credit. It is so easy to join, give us a call, email us, go to our website or fill out this form TO JOIN TELEPHONE: 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected] OR PLEASE RETURN THE FORM BELOW FREEPOST TO: FREEPOST RRGJ-THAJ-YZAG, Buckingham Covers, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF

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RHP033 £50 13/08/1975 Stockton & Darlington 150th RHP134 £50 Anniversary cover with full set of stamps & N E T P 18th January 1994 Great Central Railway Silver Jubilee O Night Up postmark. cover with full set of Age of Steam stamps & special Loughborough postmark RHP136 £75 5th October 1928 Small plain with handwritten pencil address and North Western TPO Night Down postmark. Also has a handwritten note “By Flying Boat Liverpool-Belfast’

RHP238 £50 RHP211 £50 12th March 1980 Royal 10th May 1988 Nene Valley Railway cover for Mail fdc with full set of the 150th Anniversary of the TPO. With full Liverpool and Manchester set of Transport stamps, and with special TPO Railway stamps. With Anniversary, Peterborough postmark. Liverpool “Wheel” fdi postmark and Liverpool “150 Years of Mail by Rail” slogan postmark ALSO AVAILABLE RHP239 £50 As above but with Manchester ‘wheel’ postmark

RHP294 £50 28th May 1969 Towyn Croeso RHP292 £125 ‘69 cover with full set of Cathedrals stamps, 13th August 1975 B.R.E.I. Swindon Works cover for the Croeso ‘69 Tywyn postmark and pair of Railway issue, with Swindon FDI postmark Festiniog Rail letter stamps.

RHP307 £75 22nd January 1985 Benham L006 Famous , The Flying Scotsman cover Kings Cross postmark.

ALSO AVAILABLE RHP308 £75 Also available with The , Euston postmark. RHP309 £75 Also available with The Golden Arrow, Dover postmark.

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RHP313 £50 12th May 1987 Benham SPG003 Architecture, Orient Express carried cover with Orient Express Folkestone postmark RHP315 £60 18th January 1994 Benham SPG022 The Age of Steam Royal Duchy GWR cover Dainton Tunnel, Newton Abbot.

RHP316 £80 3rd May 1994 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with full set of GB stamps & Folkestone Celebration ‘94 postmark. Doubled with 2 French stamps & a Coquelles cds postmark. RHP330 £50 Numbered out of a limited 27th June 1994 1st Official Rail Freight Train edition 50 cover, carried, and signed by Roger Freeman, who was Minister for Transport 1990-95 Also signed by Graham Morris, the then Managing Director of Rover.

RHP377 £50 RHP365 £150 22nd January 1985 Pair of Rail Riders covers each with a full 7th December 1981 pair of APT postcards with Glasgow set of Famous Trains stamps. One has Bristol-Derby & the & London postmarks, rail letter stamps and carried other has Derby-Bristol TPO postmarks. cachets. London card signed by crew. Few done. ALSO AVAILABLE RHP364 £60 As above, unsigned

RHP412 £100 12th March 1980 Fleetwood full set cover and set of 5 single stamp covers, all with Philatelic Bureau postmarks and each RHP411 £75 cover signed by the stamp designer David Gentleman 18th February 1977 Plain cover full set of 1975 Railway stamps postmarked on the 18th February 1977 for the Last Journey of the South Eastern TPO. Carried on the journey, signed by the TPO staff. RHP424 £50 18th March Benham D41 cover for the se-tenant pane from the PSB with North Eastern TPO NT UP postmark. ALSO AVAILABLE RHP425 £50 Also available with Midland TPO G G North Postmark RHP426 £50 Also available with Great Western TPO UP postmark www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 PILGRIM PHILATELLICS

RPG01 £7.50 RPG02 £10 RPG08 £10

RPG01 1st June 1974 Pilgrim Philatelics single stamp cover for the re-opening of the Kent & East Sussex Railway with special Tenterden postmark and carried cachet £7.50 RPG02 27th May 1985 Pilgrim Philatelics cover for the Centenary of the Opening of the Swanage Railway single stamp cover with special Swanage postmark £10 RPG04 26th January 1990 Pilgrim Philatelics cover for the Closure of the Holborn Viaduct Station, with London EC1 running postmark £10 RPG05 21st September 1991 Pilgrim Philatelics cover for the Special London to Brighton Pullman trains to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Brighton Line with special Brighton Belle postmark £10 RPG08 26th May 1992 Pilgrim Philatelics cover for the 150th Anniversary of South Eastern Railway - the opening of the Redhill to Tonbridge line with special Tonbridge postmark £10 RPG09 31st May 1992 Pilgrim Philatelics cover for the 150th Anniversary of South Eastern Railway - the opening of the Tonbridge to Headcorn line with special Headcorn postmark £10 RPG10 27th June 1993 Pilgrim Philatelics Onward 150 for the 150th Anniversary of the coming of the railway to Folkestone, with a special Onward 150 Folkestone postmark £10 RPG11 5th August 1994 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for the Centenary of the West Highland Railway with Special Helensburgh postmark £10 RPG15 3rd May 1994 Pilgrim Philatelic Channel Tunnel first day cover with GB stamp and Folkestone postmark. Also with 1 French stamp and Coquelles postmark & carried cachet on reverse £15 RPG16A 6th May 1994 Pilgrim Philatelic Channel Tunnel Official Opening ceremony with special Folkestone Inauguration postmark and carried cachet £15 RPG17 6th May 1994 Pilgrim Philatelic Channel Tunnel Official Opening ceremony with special Folkestone Inauguration postmark and doubled with a French stamp & Coquelles postmark £15 RPG19A 7th June 1992 Pilgrim Philatelics cover for 150 Years of Ashford Railway History, Ashford railway Festival with London TPO postmark £10 RPG20 12th February 1986 Pilgrim Philatelics cover for the Signing of the Channel Tunnel Treaty at the Chapter House in Canterbury Cathedral, with Canterbury running postmark £10 RPG20A 12th February 1986 Pilgrim Philatelics cover for the Signing of the Channel Tunnel Treaty with Canterbury running postmark, doubled 14/11/94 with Tunnel stamp & Eurostar Folkestone postmark £12.50 RPG021 2nd March 1993 Pilgrim Philatelics cover for The Alderney Railway with Alderney Railway Company postmark £10

RPG21 £10

RPG19A £10

RPG22 £10 RPG20A £12.50

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RPG10 £10 RPG11 £10 RPG17 £15

RPG22 27th July 1991 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for the Inaugural run of Britannia from Crewe to Hereford in its 40th Anniversary year, with special Crewe postmark £10 RPG25 14th November 1994 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for the First Eurostar Service with single Channel Tunnel stamp and Folkestone postmark for the 1 Eurostar through the Tunnel £10 RPG26 12th May 1987 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for the London-Venice Orient Express cover with single stamp and special Folkestone Orient Express postmark £10 RPG27 4th March 1990 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for the Centenary of the Forth Rail Bridge with special South Queensferry Postmark £10 RPG28 27th July 1991 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for LEGO Express London to Brighton Record Breaking Attempt, for the 150th Anniversary of the London to Brighton line, with Brighton postmark £10 RPG29 18th February 1992 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for the 150th Anniversary of the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway, with special Glasgow postmark £10 RPG30 15th April 1992 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for the Opening of the Great Hall at the National Railway Museum, York with York postmark £10 RPG31 25th April 1992 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for 150th Anniversary of the Longsight Motive Power Depot, Manchester, with special Manchester postmark £10 RPG32 31st August 1992 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for 150th Anniversary of the South Eastern Railway Tonbridge to Headcorn with special Headcorn postmark £10 RPG33 31st August 1992 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for 150th Anniversary of the Edinburgh, Leith & Newhaven Railway, with special Edinburgh postmark £10 RPG34 1st December 1992 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for 150th Anniversary of the South Eastern Railway Headcorn to Ashford with special Ashford postmark £10 RPG35 25th May 1993 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for 150th Anniversary of the Eastern Counties Railway with special Colchester postmark £10 RPG36 1st July 1993 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for the Centenary of the Midland and Great Northern Railway with Sheringham postmark £10 RPG37 31st October 1993 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for the 150th Anniversary of the Northern & Eastern Railway, with special Hertford postmark £10 RPG38 1st May 1994 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for the 150th Anniversary of the Bristol & Exeter Railway with special Exeter postmark £10 RPG39 2nd June 1995 Pilgrim Philatelic cover for the New British Rail Speed Record with North East TPO UP postmark £10

RPG29 £10

RPG26 £10

RPG27 £10 RPG39 £10 www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 THE BIG FOUR MUSEUM COVERS

BFM001 £15 13th August 1975 BFM002 £15 27th September BFM003 £15 5th July 1978 Big Four The Opening of the Big Four Railway 1977 Big Four Railway Museum cover Railway Museum cover for the 41st Museum in Bournemouth. With for the 42nd Anniversary of the The Anniversary of the The Coronation single stamp from the Railway issue Silver Jubilee with LNER CLass 2509 Trains of the LNER & LMS. With Single and a Bournemouth FDI postmark Silver Link. With Single stamp special stamp and special Big Four postmark. Big Four postmark.

BFM004 £15 5th July 1978 Big BFM005 £15 15th May 1979 Big BFM006 £15 2nd July 1979 Big Four Railway Museum cover for Four Railway Museum cover for the Four Railway Museum cover for the the 41st Anniversary of the The 50th Anniversary of the The Golden 75th Anniversary of the The Cornish Coronation Scot. With single stamp Arrow. With single stamp and special Riviera. With single stamp and special and special Big Four postmark. Big Four postmark. Big Four postmark

BFM007 £7.50 11th November BFM008 £7.50 28th July 1980 BFM009 £7.50 1st October 1980 1979 Big Four Railway Museum cover Big Four Railway Museum cover for Big Four Railway Museum cover for for the Centenary of the Restaurant the Railway Letter stamps Philatex 125 Years of Railway Parcel Stamps Car. With single stamp and special Exhibition, with special Bournemouth exhibition with special Bournemouth Big Four postmark. postmark postmark. postmark.

BFM010 £15 11th November BFM011 £10 9th June 1981 Big BFM012 £15 6th July 1981 Big 1980 Big Four Railway Museum Four Railway Museum cover for the Four Railway Museum cover for the cover for 150 Years of Mail by Rail exhibition commemorating the Bi exhibition commemorating the 50th with special Bournemouth postmark Centenary of George Stephenson. Anniversary of the Bournemouth Belle. and a “carried on the South Western With special exhibition postmark. With special exhibition postmark. Night Mail Train” cachet. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 8 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SHY19 SCOTSMAN ODDITIES & RARITIES SCR08 £40 SCR11 £30 13th August 1975 13th August 1975 Single stamp Single stamp Stephenson’s Stephenson’s Locomotion on Locomotion on cover for the same cover for the engine with Talyllyn same engine with Postmark, doubled Philatelic Bureau with Talyllyn railletter postmark (BR25A) stamp (BR25AA)

SCR01 1st January 1973 Scotsman BR01A London, SCR18 13th August 1975 Great Western Railway cover Midland & Scottish Railway cover with a GWR with single stamp for the same loco with Shildon carried cachet...... £20 postmark (BR25C)...... £25 SCR02 13th February 1973 Flying Scotsman 50th SCR19 13th August 1975 Great Western Railway cover Anniversary cover with Liverpool CDS postmark, with single stamp for the same loco with doubled with Doncaster Special postmark of Darlington postmark (BR25C)...... £25 2nd May 1973. Also has cachet for return SCR20 13th August 1975 Great Western Railway cover to Liverpool (BR05)...... £25 with single stamp for the same loco with Wylam SCR05 6th May 1974 cover for the electrification of postmark (BR25C) ...... £25 the Glasgow- London line, but without carried SCR21 13th August 1975 Great Western Railway cover cachet (BR14A) ...... £30 with single stamp for the same loco with Philatelic SCR08 13th August 1975 Single stamp Stephenson’s Bureau postmark (BR25C)...... £25 Locomotion on cover for the same engine with SCR23 13th August 1975 British Railways HST cover with Talyllyn Postmark, doubled with Talyllyn rail single stamp for the same engine with Stockton letter stamp (BR25AA)...... £40 postmark (BR25D)...... £30 SCR09 13th August 1975 Single stamp Stephenson’s SCR25 13th August 1975 British Railways HST cover with Locomotion on cover for the same engine with single stamp for the same engine with Philatelic Darlington Ticket postmark (BR25AB)...... £30 Bureau postmark (BR25D)...... £30 SCR11 13th August 1975 Single stamp Stephenson’s SCR29 8th June 1977 Inaugural Run of the Silver Jubilee Locomotion on cover for the same engine with Train but without the carried cachet. (BR48)...£15 Philatelic Bureau postmark (BR25A)...... £30 SCR30 8th June 1977 Inaugural Run of the Silver Jubilee SCR14 13th August 1975 cover with Train but without the carried cachet. (BR48) singe stamp for the same loco with Wylam special and doubled 11th June 2002 for the postmark (BR25B)...... £25 Golden Jubilee...... £25 SCR15 13th August 1975 North British Railway cover with single stamp for the same loco with Darlington ticket postmark (BR25B)...... £25

SCR25 £30 SCR14 £25 13th August 1975 British Railways 13th August 1975 North HST cover with single stamp for the British Railway cover with same engine with Philatelic Bureau singe stamp for the same postmark (BR25D). loco with Wylam special postmark (BR25B) SCR21 £25 13th August 1975 Great Western Railway cover with single stamp for the same loco with Philatelic Bureau postmark (BR25C) www.buckinghamcovers.com 9 SCOTSMAN ODDITIES & RARITIES SCR71 £15 13th August 1970 Railway Museums cover postmarked at Green Bay USA with Green Bay National Railroad Museum cachet

SCR31 £17.50 1st July 1978 10 Years of the Worth Valley Railway with special Haworth postmark (BR49) but no carried SCR35 £20 30th April 1972 Brighton SCR76 £12.50 29th May 1972 cachet. Belle Last Run (covers are without rail Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway letter stamp or cachet RLS02). 45th Anniversary cover but without the carried cachet. SCR31 1st July 1978 10 Years of the Worth Valley Railway SCR53 6th May 1971 British National Railway Museums with special Haworth postmark (BR49) but no cover with Midland TPO G G South postmark ..£10 carried cachet...... £17.50 SCR54 14th May 1971 British National Railway Museums SCR32 1st July 1978 10 Years of the Worth Valley Railway cover with East Anglian TPO UP (PE Section) with special slogan postmark (BR49) (apparently postmark...... £15 only 135 of these were produced)...... £35 SCR62 7th June 1971 British National Railway Museums SCR34 1st October 1971 British Rail Letter Service set cover with Highland TPO UP Postmark...... £15 of 4 covers sent to local railways (Ravenglass & Eskdale, Festiniog Railway, Talyllyn railway & SCR70 13th August 1970 Railway Museums cover Vale of Rheidol) (RLS01SET)...... £75 postmarked at Green Bay USA, then Liverpool (CDS) 13th February 1973 with carried cachet for SCR35 30th April 1972 Brighton Belle Last Run (covers the return to the UK...... £30 are without rail letter stamp or cachet RLS02)...£20 SCR71 13th August 1970 Railway Museums cover SCR36 1st January 1973 40th Anniversary of Electric postmarked at Green Bay USA with Green Bay Traction with special Brighton postmark and National Railroad Museum cachet...... £15 carried cachet but no rail letter stamp. (RLS04).£20 SCR72 13th August 1970 Railway Museums cover with SCR37 22nd April 1972 125th Anniversary of the Midwest Railway Historical Society, Green Bay Caledonian Railway Scottish Philatelic Congress postmark and Green Bay National Railroad with special Stirling postmark but no carried Museum cachet...... £15 cachet (PLS07)...... £15 SCR73 3rd September 1970 Railway Museums cover SCR38 29th May 1972 North York Moors Steam Gala | with Toronto slogan postmark and Canadian with special Grosmont postmark but no carried National Flying Scotsman Exhibition cachet..£20 cachet (PLS08)...... £17.50 SCR75 30th January 1972 Re-Opening of the Britannia SCR39 23rd September 1972 Return to Steam Bridge with Bangor - Crewe TPO postmark, Steamtown Gala with special Carnforth postmark carried cachet and Holyhead Parcels Office 15p but no carried cachet (PLS09)...... £17.50 Railway Letter Fee cachet...... £30 SCR40 1st May 1973 North York Moors Official Opening SCR76 29th May 1972 Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch with special Grosmont postmark but no carried Railway 45th Anniversary cover but without the cachet (PLS11)...... £17.50 carried cachet...... £12.50 SCR41 1st July 1973 Isle of Man Centenary with SCR80 2/7/71 Bristol - Plymouth TPO...... £15 special Douglas postmark but no carried cachet (PLS15)...... £15 SCR81 25/8/71 Plymouth - Bristol TPO...... £15 SCR44 10th November 1973 50th Anniversary of North SCR82 28/5/71 Bangor - Crewe TPO...... £15 Eastern Railway P3 no. 2392 with special SCR83 1/7/71 Bristol - Derby TPO...... £15 Grosmont postmark but no carried cachet .£22.50 SCR84 29/4/71 East Anglian TPO Down...... £15 SCR51 21st April 1971 British National Railway Museums cover with Whitehaven to Huddersfield TPO SCR87 16th June 1971 East Anglian TPO UP postmark.... postmark ...... £12.50 ...... £15 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 10 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SHY19 Looking for somewhere to store your covers? Why not try our railway album?

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RHP334 £25 28th February 1996 Royal Opening of RHP317 £25 3rd May 1994 Benham Channel Ashford International Station, & carried from Ashford to Tunnel cover with full set of GB stamps and Paris on the Royal Eurostar Special. It has been signed by Folkestone Celebration ‘94 postmark and rail letter Sir Keith Speed, the MP for Ashford 1974-97. stamp and cachet “Car Shuttle Services Resumed” . RHP360 £25 Scotsman BR48 cover postmarked 8th June 1977 for the Inauguration of the Silver Jubilee train, double postmarked with Peterborough Silver Jubilee 6th Feb 2001 postmark.

RHP344 £25 3rd May 1994 Sajal Philatelics cover full set of French stamps with Paris Gare du Nord CDS postmark.

RHP409 £25 7th April 1992 Nene Valley Railway RHP379 £25 2nd February 1999 Full set for 150 Years of Polish Railways with image of loco of Travellers Tale stamps on a Canterbury & “Kriegslok” by David Weston, signed by the artist and Dr Whitstable Railway cover with Whitstable Brian Mawhinney, then then Secretary of State. CDS postmark. Limited number of covers produced.

RHP423 £25 18th June 1985 GWR 150 cover with full set of Safety at Sea stamps and GWR RHP431 £25 13th August 1975 set of 4 Colorano single Exhibition Train Shrewsbury postmark. stamp covers for the Stockton & Darlington Railway issue. www.buckinghamcovers.com

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