SHY21 Catalogue £2.50 SHUNTERS YARD North Staffordshire Railway

CONTENTS P2 British Rail History Series P3 Buckingham Rail Checklist P4-5 Scotsman Series

P6 BRS Series RHP432 £150 P7-8 Collections £50 per month over 3 months P9-10 Benham Rail Series 6th June 1981 set of 5 North Staffordshire Railway Company covers for the naming of the locomotive Josiah P12 TPO Covers Wedgwood. This set is one of only 4 officially signed sets. Certificate enclosed.

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Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] 1 And so 2018 is upon us. rail stock and some have been made up into new sets of 10, a few of which are featured later in this magazine. If you’d The first few of our Rail covers like to see a list of all of our available rail collections, just for this year have been sent out ask. And flexi-pay is always an option for these. recently. Other anniversary covers are in hand and we hope that you Finally, as you will see on the front page, we have our online like them. If you are a member of ‘rummage box’ on ebay. Items are added on a regular basis our Rail club, you’ll be sent details so go and have a look. as and when they are reserved. If you aren’t a member (yet?) but Best wishes, would like more information, please ask.

Some of you may have seen the large lot of Rail covers that Brian offered towards the end of last year. As there were no Sarah Griggs takers, it’s been split down - some have gone into existing March 2018 BRITISH RAIL HISTORY Amongst some covers that we bought in recently was a collection of Colin Williams British Rail History covers. However, when I went through it, I was surprised at just how many covers there were. As well as the basic 53 covers, there are so many alternative & double postmark ‘extras’. And in an excellent condition British Rail History album. This has to be about the most complete collection of this series that Brian & I have seen!

COL1097B £995 British Rail History Series, collection of 90, comprising 53 basic covers and 37 extras. Comes in a British Rail History Cover Album.

£199 per month over 5 months

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R301 Flying Scotsman return to rails £12.50

R302 175th Anniversary Swindon Railway Works £12.50 175th Anniversary of Glasgow, R303 £12.50 Paisley and Greenock Railway 100 Years of British Light Railways R304 £20 on the Western Front 175th Anniversary of the GWR R305 £15 Main Line - London to R304 £20 150th anniversary of Cholsey & R306 £12.50 Wallingford Railway R307 175 years of the London-Brighton railway £15 175th anniversary of Thomas SOLD OUT R308 Cook’s first excursion BUYING SOLD OUT R309 Inter-City 125 High speed train BUYING R310 150th Anniversary of the Talyllyn Railway £15 R310 £15 175th anniversary of The R311 £15 Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway 150th anniversary Paddington-Penzance SOLD OUT R312 Broad Gauge passenger service BUYING 50th anniversary of 60007 Sir Nigel R313 Gresley inaugural run under their owner- £15 ship of A4 Preservation Society 150 years of Keighley & Worth Valley SOLD OUT R314 Railway BUYING The New Postal Museum R315 £17.50 R315 £17.50 Underground Mail Rail SOLD OUT R316 Opening of the New Queensferry BUYING 175th Anniversary of the SOLD OUT R317 First Monarch to travel by train BUYING 125th anniversary of R318 £12.50 Cliff Railway R319 200th anniversary of Sir John Fowler’s birth £17.50 Celebrating the 50th anniversary of R320 £10.95 R320 £10.95 West Lancashire Light Railway 150th anniversary of the opening of the R321 £10.95 Duffield to Wirksworth Line First Journey of the new R322 £12.50 GWR Hitachi Class 800 225th Ann The World’s R323 £12.50 Oldest Railway Tunnel 160th Anniversary of the SOLD OUT R324 launch of the SS Great Britain BUYING R319 £17.50 Covers R325 & R326 aren’t yet ready to send out, but you’ll find further information on these covers on page 11 www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 SCOTSMAN SERIES

BR06A £12.50 1973 40th Anniversary of the GWR Air Service, Cardiff.

BR02 £10 1972 100 Years on Windermere of the BR06B £12.50 British Rail Steamer Service. 1973 40th Anniversary of the GWR Air Service, Plymouth.

BR07C £35 1973 British Speed Record, London - York - Edinburgh TPO.

BR07B £15 BR08 £10 1978 40th Anniversary of the World Speed 1973 125th Record for steam traction, York. Anniversary of the Irish Mail, Holyhead. BR25B £10 1975 150th Anniversary of Public Steam Railway, Philatelic Bureau postmark.

BR27A £20 1977 Silver Jubilee World Speed Record, Bristol to London, Paddington.

BR21A £20 1977 Wolverton Works Silver Jubilee Open Day. BR32B £20 1975 150th Anniversary of the Stockton BR44A £25 and Darlington 10th June 1977 Railway, Stockton Centenary of postmark. York Railway Station. BUY ALL 11 FOR £160 £32 per month over 5 months

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PLS01A £25 22/11/70 Blue Peter Locomotive Society Cover, London - York - Edinburgh TPO postmark. PLS07 £12.50 1972 125th Anniversary Caledonian Railway, Scottish Philatelic Congress, Stirling. PLS08 £15 1972 North Yorkshire Moors Railway Steam Gala, Grosmont, Whitby.

PLS13 £15 1973 Last Day PLS09 £15 of the Museum 1972 Return to Steam Steamtown Gala, of British Carnforth, Lancs. Transport, Clapham.

PLS15 £12.50 1973 Centenary of the Isle of Man Railway.

PLS17 £12.50 1973 Steamtown Special Train, PLS15A £15 The Lancastrian, IOM Railway Centenary Slogan postmark. Carnforth.

PLS21 £25 1974 Wirral Railway PLS18 £7.50 Circle, The Great Briton BUY ALL 10 FOR £125 1973 Birmingham Ltd, Railtour. £25 per month over 5 months Railway Museum Open Day. www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 BRS SERIES BRS03 £10 1972 25th Anniversary of the Re-opening of the Night Ferry Sleeping Car Service, London - Paris.

BRS02 £20 1972 Portsmouth Corridor Stock Final Run. BRS05 £7.50 1973 50th 01303 278137 Anniversary of EMAIL: [email protected] Railway Grouping.

BRS11 £12.50 1974 Eastleigh Diesel Depot Open Day.

BRS08 £12.50 1973 125th Anniversary of Waterloo Station.

BRS12 £12.50 1975 Eastleigh Open Day.

BRS18 £15 1977 40th Anniversary of Portsmouth Direct Electrification.

BRS16 £12.50 BUY ALL 8 FOR £85 1977 Bluebell Railway Silver Jubilee cover. £42.50 per month over 2 months

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COL2385 £30 11th January 2014 set of 10 Benham covers for the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of Charing Cross station.

COL2391 £30 1st December 2011 set of 10 Benham covers featuring British Railways Tunnels.

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OUTSIDE COL2403 £275 Nene Valley Railway 1986 - 2012 mostly carried. In 2 small albums.

£55 per month over 5 months

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INSIDE COL2410 £175 £25 per month over 7 months Dawn covers Cities rail covers in 2 small albums.

COL2411 £125 Dawn Football Firsts Railway Locomotives Series in small album.

£25 per month over 5 months

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COL243W £295 £59 per month over 5 months Collection of 40 Benham GWR 150th Anniversary covers with Exhibition Train postmarks from 1st June (Didcot) to 28th September 1985 (Hereford) &13 Gloucester Steam Special covers - different dates.

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R99/102 £10 R99/103 £10 R99/104 £7.50 R99/105 £7.50 16th February 1999 Jersey 15th March 1999 Marylebone 2nd April 1999 South 15th April 1999 Trains at Mail Transport. Station Centenary. Railway, Laira Junction to Stamp 99, Wembley. Plymouth 150th Anniversary.

R99/106 £10 R99/107 £6 R99/108 £5 R99/109 £5 Flying Scotsman, Return to 4th September 1999 Great 26th August 1999 America 26th August 1999 America steam, 4/7/99. Northern Railway 150th Railway - Daylight. Railway - Congressional. Ann, Retford to Doncaster.

R99/110 £5 R99/111 £5 R99/112 £5 R99/113 £6 26th August 1999 America 26th August 1999 American 26th August 1999 American 14th September 1999 The Railway - 20th Century Ltd. Railway - Hiawatha. Railway - Super Chief. Princess Royal Opens the Midland Metro.

R99/116 £10 R00/119 £12 R00/122 £7.50 R00/123 £6 3rd October 1998 Thalys & Fire and Light, Blaenau 27th September 2000 75th 28th October 2000 Glasgow Eurostar Belgium. Ffestiniog, Welsh Railway Anniversary of the Stockton & South Western Railway cover. 01/02/00. + Darlington Railway. 150th anniversary cover.

R00/124 £7.50 R02/136 £6 R03/142 £12 R03/143 £6 16th September 2000 Eurostar 7th May 2002 Sunderland Glasgow - Cardiff TPO last run. 1st July 2003 London Transport to La Rochelle, Paris postmark. Metro Extension officially Formed, 70th Anniversary. opened by Queen Elizabeth II.

R03/149 £12 R03/158 £7.50 Eurostar UK rail 28th September 2003 speed record. 1st Passenger Service, Channel Tunnel High Speed Rail Link. www.buckinghamcovers.com 9 R04/165 £12.50 R04/171B £6 R04/171C £6 R04/171D £6 9th January 2004 Penzance 13th January 2004 Classic 13th January 2004 Classic 13th January 2004 Classic - Bristol TPO Final Service. Locomotives 28p cover Bo’ness Locomotives E value stamp Locomotives 42p stamp for & Kinneil Railway, West Lothian for Great Central Railway, with Severn Valley Railway, with with Bo’ness postmark. Loughborough postmark. Kidderminster postmark.

R04/171E £12 R04/171F £6 R04/173 £6 R04/177 £6 13th January 2004 Classic 13th January 2004 Classic 21st February 2004 Richard 9th May 2004 City of Truro Locomotives 47p stamp Locomotives 68p stamp for Trevithick, Camborne. centenary, Isle of Man. for Bluebell Railway, with Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, Horsted Keynes postmark. with Haworth postmark.

R04/178 £12 R04/183 £6 R05/187 £6 R06/201 £6 The Flying Scotsman, 30th December 2004 3rd May 2005 Canterbury 16th November 2006 6201 15th Anniversary of World The Golden Arrow, and Whitstable Railway, Princess Elizabeth, 70th Record Non Stop run with 80th Anniversary. 175th Anniversary. Anniversary of record breaking 8th August 2004 Romford London -Glasgow run. running postmark.

R07/218 £7.50 R08/220 £7.50 R08/223 £7.50 R08/224 £7.50 26th November 2007 the 70th 14/04/08 Benham Rail 3rd July 2008 the 70th 11th August 2008 anniversary of the naming cover for the Centenary of Anniversary of Mallard’s Benham cover for the 40th of locomotive 4498 “Sir Nigel Morecambe - Heysham line World Speed Record with Anniversary of the Last Steam Gresley” with Marylebone, Overhead electrification. Grantham postmark. Train, Oliver Cromwell, with London W1U postmark. Carlisle postmark.

R08/225 £7.50 R09/239 £7.50 R09/250 £7.50 R02/136 £6 12th August 2008 Benham 23rd May 2009 50th 28th December 2009 50th 7th May 2002 Sunderland cover for the 160th Anniversary of Sir Nigel anniversary of the first Metro Extension officially anniversary of the death of Gresley’s 112 mph record run, broadcast of Ivor the Engine opened by Queen Elizabeth II. George Stephenson. with Doncaster postmark. series, with Bala postmark. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 10 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SHY21 UPCOMING BUCKINGHAM COVERS

R325 £10.95 125th anniversary of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, the first electrically operated elevated railway, With a stunning image our cover features a Machin 50 Post & Go stamp (our choice) postmarked 4.2.18.

R326 £10.95 Celebrating the visit of The Tornado to North Yorkshire Moors Railway, our cover features a 1st class Machin with image label cancelled with our special 60163 Tornado postmark 3.3.18, this cover was carried on Tornado at the railway.

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TPO14 £4 11 July 1980 Peterborough Crewe.

TPO01B £4 31st May 1978 Down Special Side 2. TPO19C £6 TPO16A £4 9th February 1979 Crewe Bangor 29th June 1979 Crewe Peterborough. Posted Aboard Last Run.

TPO24E £4 1st February 1979 North western Night Down Side 2A.

TPO21A £4 TPO33B £5 29th June 1979 York 6th December 1979 North Shrewsbury Side 1. Eastern Night Up Side 2.

TPO35 £5 8th September 1977 Edinburgh York. TPO36B £5 3rd April 1980 East Anglian Down Side 2. TPO38B £5 31st March 1980 East Anglian Up Side 2.

TPO39A £5 11th April 1980 East Anglian Up TPO42 £10 TPO41 £10 Peterborough Section Side 1. 18th February 18th February 1979 South 1977 South Eastern Down TPO. Eastern Up TPO.

TPO47 £4 TPO48 £5 14th June 1978 South 14th June 1978 Down. South Wales Up.

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