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RMAG13 ERS Catalogue £2.50 UNT YAR September H D 2016 S CO LYING S TSMAN F Special Sorting through covers for a magazine is an interesting time as I occasionally come across something that I forgot we had. Over the past few months, I’ve been setting aside Flying Scotsman items, thinking that I’d be able to put together a couple of dedicated pages. Eventually, I realised that there was enough for an entire magazine, and here it is. Apologies to those who aren’t Flying Scotsman or LNER collectors, just let me know your interests and I’ll see what we have for you. SGR018A Bob Reid, signed 1985 Railway SY7S10 22/01/85 Royal Mail Famous Trains single Steamtown Railway Museum cover, Chairman of stamp cover, Eastbourne FDI postmark and signed British Railways Board. £35 by (and addressed to) Nicholas Ridley, the then Secretary of State for Transport £25 STAR ITEMS Alan Pegler was the owner of Flying Scotsman and took her on the 1969 USA tour. I’ve never seen any covers with his signature before, so I think that they are a bit special, and I hope that you do too. There are more (unsigned) tour covers inside. RFS004S 19th September 1969 Scotsman cover for USA tour with special Liverpool postmark, Cinderella stamp & carried cachet for journey from London to Liverpool, signed by the then owner Alan Pegler £150 RFS005S 19th September 1969 Arlington commemorative cover for Flying Scotsman’s departure to the US with special Liverpool postmark, signed by the then owner Alan Pegler £125 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] Welcome to our There are also some covers that we haven’t advertised for a Flying Scotsman Special. while but weíve been able to get some more stock in. Over the past six months, I’ve And we are looking for suggestions for covers for next year been looking at our stock of Flying and the year after, so if you know of any major anniversaries Scotsman covers and trying to add coming up, please let us know. to the stock of covers for the 1969 & 1970 USA tours and 1988 Australia tours. In the process, some very interesting ones have been found, including some special signatures! Sarah Griggs August 2016 And now for something very special We have bought in Westminster Collections Flying Scotsman coin cover from 2004 with a stamp from the 2004 Classic Locomotives issue, a Kings Cross postmark and silver £5 Flying Scotsman coin. Even better, it’s been signed by television presenter and steam locomotive enthusiast Fred Dibnah, Roland Kennington Flying Scotsman’s then Chief Engineer and Sir William McAlpine, steam enthusiast and one of Flying Scotsman’s former owners. The cover comes with a presentation folder and certificate of authenticity would be a worthy addition to any collection. SGD034E 2004 Classic Locos Westminster coin cover with silver £5 coin signed by Fred Dibnah, Sir William McAlpine and Roland Kennington £200 JOIN THE BUCKINGHAM RAILWAY SERIES TODAY AND MAKE SURE YOU DON’T MISS OUT! PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO START YOUR RAIL COLLECTION TO JOIN: TELEPHONE 01303 278137 OR PLEASE RETURN THE FORM BELOW FREEPOST TO: FREEPOST RRGJ-THAJ-YZAG, Buckingham Covers, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF EMAIL: [email protected] ACCOUNT No (If Known) please use my usual payment method NAME please debit £________ from my credit/debit card number: ADDRESS Expiry Date Security Code: *Last 3 digits on back of card. We cannot process POST CODE your order without it. TEL No: Signature Email: Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 2 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RMAG13 FLYING SCOTSMAN BUCKINGHAM COVERS R07 Commemorative cover celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Flying Scotsman’s recorded 100mph for officially the first time. Our covers are carried on the Scotsman. £25 R06A Limited edition Flying Scotsman double cover postmarked on the R259 80th Anniversary anniversary of her 100MPH speed record of the Flying Scotsman and on the date she joined the National Speed Record of 100mph Railway Museum. £25 on 30 November 1934, with stamp + label from our Preserved Locos sheet & postmarked Leeds 30/11/14 £15 R37 85th anniversary of the Flying Scotsman being rolled out of Doncaster Works. Features a stamp and label from our ‘Big Four’ sheet and Flying Scotsman, York Pmk. £40 R301 BC201IOM2 2004 Flying Scotsman Railway Magazine Celebrating cover, doubled with the Mallard stamp issued in the Flying Isle of Man, limited edition of just 50 covers £60 Scotsman return to rails BC413F Flying after 10 years Scotsman cover of restoration, featuring a stamp this cover + label and a Great marks the Inaugural Run with Union Jack stamp plus British Railways label & Kings Cross postmark issued 25/02/16 £10.95 postmark issued 19/08/10. £12.50 BCC113S Also available signed by Sir William McAlpine, former owner of Flying Scotsman £40 BCC113 30th November 2009 marks the 75th anniversary of Flying Scotsman’s 100mph speed record. This cover features BCC01 Forth a 1934 penny a stamp and label from Bridge £1 Coin our stamp sheet and special Yorkshire Cover, with postmark. £30 stunning Cuneo Flying Scotsman on the Forth 01303 278137 Painting £50 EMAIL: [email protected] www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 1969 SCOTSMAN TOUR COVERS RFS002A 31st August 1969 LNER Society 1969 Summer Tour hauled by Flying Scotsman cover, with special York postmark cachet £10 RFS002 31st August 1969 LNER Society 1969 Summer Tour hauled by Flying RFS004 19th September Scotsman, with special York postmark & 1969 Scotsman cover for carried cachet £10 USA tour with special Liverpool postmark, Cinderella stamp & carried cachet for journey from London to Liverpool £10 RFS005B 19th RFS005 19th September 1969 Arlington September 1969 black commemorative cover for Flying Scotsman’s & white postcard for departure to the US with special Liverpool the Flying Scotsman’s postmark £10 USA tour, with special Liverpool postmark £10 RFS006 13th October 1969 Scotsman tour cover with Cinderella stamp, carried cachet (Boston to Hartford) and Hartford Conn. slogan RFS005C 10th October 1969 Arlington postmark £10 commemorative cover for Flying Scotsman’s US Tour, with 2 US stamps, handwritten address & Boston CDS postmark £10 RFS008 21st October 1969 Scotsman tour cover with Cinderella stamp, carried cachet (New York to Philadelphia) and Philadelphia cds postmark £10 RFS007 17th October 1969 black and white American Sarzin cover with New York slogan postmark, no carried cachet £10 RFS009 24th October 1969 Scotsman tour cover with Cinderella stamp, carried cachet RFS010 27th October 1969 Scotsman tour (Philadelphia to cover with Cinderella stamp, carried cachet Baltimore) and Baltimore (Baltimore to Washington) and Washington postmark £10 DC postmark £10 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 4 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RMAG13 1969 SCOTSMAN TOUR COVERS RFS012 7th November 1969 Scotsman tour cover with Cinderella stamp, carried cachet (Atlanta to Dallas) and Dallas slogan postmark £10 RFS011 31st October 1969 Scotsman tour cover with Cinderella stamp, carried RFS013 14th November cachet (Washington to Atlanta) and Atlanta 1969 Scotsman tour cover postmark £10 with Cinderella stamp, carried cachet (Dallas to Houston) and Houston slogan postmark £10 RFS014 14th November 1969 Scotsman tour cover with double pmk (Festiniog Railway 15/09/69 & Houston 14/11/69), “Tour Closing Flying Scotsman at Houston” cachet and SS Saxonia cachet £15 RFS018 25th September 1970 Scotsman Tour cover with Cinderella stamp, RFS015 13th August 1970 Scotsman Tour French-Canadian cachet cover with Cinderella stamp, National Railroad & Montreal slogan Museum cachet & Green Bay postmark £10 postmark £10 RFS016 28th August 1970 Scotsman Tour cover with Cinderella stamp, Canadian National Exhibition cachet & Toronto postmark £10 RFS019 29th September 1970 Scotsman Tour cover with Cinderella RFS021 3rd October 1970 Flying Scotsman USA & stamp, carried cachet Canada pair of covers, each with a “Visit to Niagara “Flying Scotsman Falls” cachet. One has US stamps & Niagara Falls NY Great Lakes Tour” postmark & other has Niagara Falls Ont. pmk. Not and Kingston carried £30 postmark £10 RFS023 1st September RFS024 17th 1988 Covercraft cover September 1989 for Flying Scotsman Flying Scotsman tour to Australia with Australia Tour cover Doncaster UK postmark with Perth CDS & Doncaster, Australia postmark £10 postmark for 20th October 1088 £15 RFS026 26th July 1970 Scotsman tour cover 01303 278137 with Cinderella stamp, EMAIL: [email protected] Green Bay postmark & Waco, Texas cachet £10 www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 1985 FAMOUS TRAINS COVERS RHP083 Royal Mail full set cover with Flying Scotsman, Pride of Doncaster postmark £15 RHP095 Royal Mail These lovely Bradbury 1985 Famous Trains set of 3 full set covers are £25 each: gutter pair covers £25 RHP098A North Eastern TPO NT Down postmark RHP096 Cotswold set of 3 Gutter Pair covers £25 RHP168 14/10/03 Benham Scottish Pictorial RHP098B Edinburgh - York TPO postmark Definitive cover with image of 4472 Flying Scotsman and Edinburgh postmark £12.50 RHP253 22/01/85 Bradbury Steamtown Railway Museum cover (LFDC 39) with full set of stamps and Flying RHP098D London-York-Edinburgh TPO Scotsman Pride of postmark Doncaster postmark £25 Don’t forget, you can always use - our Flexible Payment service It’s simple and INTEREST FREE. 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