Liverpool & Manchester Rly Stamps

These Post Office stamps were affixed to specially designed envelopes and postmarked on the first day that the stamps were issued.

12.03.1980 | Railway Crest of Arms, Postmarked at Rainhill

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Stock Code:

46053

Issue:

12th March 1980 - Liverpool & Manchester Rly

Stamp Type:

Commemoratives

Stamp Details:

12p 'The Rocket' ... ▼ expand stamp details ▼

12p First & Second Class Carriages
12p Third Class Carriage and Sheep Truck
12p Horsebox and Carriage Truck
12p Mail Coach & Goods Truck

Producer/Series: Cotswold

Postmark:

Rainhill CDS Postmark

Notes: The Rainhill Trials were an important competition in the early days of steam locomotive railways, run in October 1829 for the nearly completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Five engines competed, running back and forth along a mile length of level track at Rainhill, in Lancashire - making this postmark really relavant. A rare cover and in pristine condition.

Reference Images:
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