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 . £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 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.

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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 . Features a stamp and label from our ‘Big Four’ sheet and Flying Scotsman, 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]

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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 ( 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

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RFS012 7th November 1969 Scotsman tour cover with Cinderella stamp, carried cachet (Atlanta to ) 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, 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

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RHP254 Pair of Manchester Express Strike Mail covers. One cover, for 5/-, postmarked 10th February 1971 for the 1st Day of Issue, the other for 25p, postmarked 15th February for Decimal Day £25

RHP256 26/10/68 Commemorative cover ‘A Final Tribute to the Steam Locomotive’ with cachet ‘Posted in Train Post Box Last Steam Train 1968 Liverpool Carlisle’. Has special postmark Moorlands Rail Tour Flying Scotsman Carlisle £25 RHP255 2003 Flying Scotsman Celebrating 80 Years single stamp cover with Taunton slogan postmark £15

RHP258 04/07/99 Bradbury cover Flying Scotsman with image of a painting by Mark Postlethwaite, full set of 1975 railway stamps and RHP257 04/07/1999 Single Stamp Bradbury Flying Scotsman Kings cover of Flying Scotsman with image of a Cross postmark £12.50 painting by Mark Postlethwaite, and signed by the artist £12.50

RHP259 13/01/04 Mercury single stamp £5 Flying Scotsman coin cover, with Kings Cross postmark. The cover has been carried and has details printed on it £20

RHP260 1988/89 Set of 4 Australian cover produced for the Flying 01303 Scotsman’s tour £25 278137 www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 RARITIES & ODDITIES During past stock takes, we occasionally find a few oddities - covers which are similar to existing stock but have a slight difference (different postmark, or missing a cachet) and so they don’t quite match the rest of the stock. It’s been an interesting list to compile and I hope you think so too. If you have any questions about any of these covers, please don’t hesitate to ask me.

The Scotsman cover RHS01 was produced to commemorate the visit of 4472 to the American National Railroad Museum. We have some with assorted UK TPO postmarks and some that were postmarked in Green Bay for the Museum.

SCR48 (RHS01) SCR02 (BR05) 1973 50th anniversary of 9/3/71 Down Special the Flying Scotsman, Doncaster Special TPO typed address Postmark 2nd May 1973, carried cachet £12.50 London to Edinburgh, Liverpool CDS 13th February 1973 & carried cachet ‘Flying Scotsman Returns to Liverpool’ £25

SCR51 (RHS01) 21/4/71 Whitehaven - Huddersfield TPO £12.50

SCR53 (RHS01) 6/5/71 Midland TPO Going South £10

SCR57 (RHS01) 26/05/71 Crewe - Cardiff TPO £15

SCR55 (RHS01) 20/05/71 Caledonian TPO UP SCR62 (RHS01) EH Section £15 07/06/71 Highland TPO UP £15

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SCR71 (RHS01) 13/08/70 Green Bay WI postmark & Green Bay National Railroad Museum cachet £15

SCR70 (RHS01) 13/08/70 Railway Museums Cover, postmarked at Green Bay, USA and SCR72 (RHS01) then at Liverpool in 1973 on The Flying 13/08/70 Midwest Scotsman return to the UK. £30 Railway Historical Society postmark & Green Bay National Railroad Museum cachet £15

SCR77 (RHS01) SCR73 (RHS01) 03/09/70 Toronto CNE 6/5/71 Midland TPO Slogan postmark & CNE Flying Scotsman & Going North £10 Post Offi ce cachets £20

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R98/94 1998 75th Anniversary of The Flying Scotsman, First Passenger Hauling £10

R85/04 22nd January 1985 The Flying Scotsman - The Pride of Doncaster. £10

R99/101 2nd February 1999 The Flying Scotsman, Kings Cross £10

R99/101A The Flying Scotsman, Kings Cross, London N1 postmark, 2.2.99, doubled with Stamp 99, Wembley postmark, 15.4.99 £7.50

R04/174 80th Anniversary of the 4472 R99/106 Flying Scotsman, Return to steam, 4/7/99 £10 Flying Scotsman at the Great R04/178 The Empire Flying Scotsman, Exhibition £6 15th Anniversary of World Record Non Stop run £6

R08/221 1st May 2008 80th Anniversary of Flying Scotsmanís making the first non- stop run between London & Edinburgh, with Edinburgh running L006 1985 Trains full set cover, The Flying postmark £7.50 Scotsman, Kings Cross. £75 L042B 1994 Railway, Great Eastern Railway with image of 01303 278137 Flying Scotsman EMAIL: [email protected] and a Great Yarmouth postmark £30

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RAL040 02/05/73 50th Anniversary of Flying Scotsman, special Doncaster postmark £15

RAL037 13/02/73 Cover for the return of Flying Scotsman to the UK, with Liverpool CDS postmark £15 RAL046 07/10/73 Flying Scotsman cover with special Birmingham Railway 01303 278137 Museum Open Day EMAIL: [email protected] postmark £15

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I admit, there wasn’t quite enough Flying Scotsman for all 12 pages, but this was the perfect opportunity to feature something a bit special. This is one of the limited edition numbered prints (number 47/850) of Terence Cuneo’s Le Shuttle, signed by the artist, Andre Benard and Sir Alistair Morton (the then co-chairmen of Eurotunnel)

SGC022V Sadly, the top and bottom have been roughly trimmed but this should be fine when mounted and GOLD94 1994 Channel Tunnel, pair of covers featuring framed. £100 and image of Cuneo’s Le Shuttle painting, 2 French and 2 Royal Mail stamps and Folkestone and Calais postmarks on each cover. £125

SGC022R Terence Cuneo, set of five Royal Mail Famous Trains maxi cards, each of the cards featuring one of his paintings. He has signed each one and included the famous mouse too! Unusual £395 CT060B 1st December 1990 British Tunnelling Society, Service Tunnel Breakthrough cover signed by Professor Severn (President of Institution of Civil Engineers) and Dr Mellors (Chairman of the BTS) £25

CT061A 22nd May 1991 British Tunnelling Society North Tunnel CT029AA 22nd April 1994, Opening of the breakthrough signed by Channel Tunnel. Pair of covers, first trial lorry Colin Kirkland Technical shuttle service. One with Calais and the other with Director and President of Coquelles. One cover signed by Lord Barclay (P.R the International Tunnelling Manager) £35 Association £25

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