Bala Light Railway/Jack the Station Cat
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Topic: Bala Light Railway/Jack the Station Cat
Posted By: Mark V
Subject: Bala Light Railway/Jack the Station Cat
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 20:34
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This rather charming website devoted to Jack the Station Cat displays a FDC with a (new?) Bala Light Railway stamp, although I couldn't see anything about the stamp on the railway's own website. However, it looks like this could be a new, or possibly re-issued, railway letter stamp.
http://www.jackthestationcat.co.uk/ - http://www.jackthestationcat.co.uk/
(Completely off-topic now, but I was delighted to find, further down the books page on this website, that someone has written not one but two books about the hats worn by Nelson and other naval officers at Trafalgar.)
Mark V
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Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 08:31
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Hi Mark I have to give an austere reply to this issue. I visited the Bala Lake Railway in 2007 and 2010. On neither occasion could I buy a stamp and one the first occasion was shown a few "FDCs" which was all they could supply. I got the impression they thought I might be mad to want to post something to myself. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Mark V
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 20:11
| Thanks Steve, that would explain why their website doesn't mention the stamps either. I am not sure there are now any fully operating railway letter services in the original sense, but the Nene Valley and the Bluebell are perhaps closest, and the Mid Suffolk the most enthusiastic. Viewed as souvenirs or fantasies they are still worthwhile. There's also a "light" or garden railway that does some, but I've forgotten what it was. May be in my notes somwhere, |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 20:46
The other railway is perhaps the Bressingham Garden Railway in Norfolk. I have an image of the stamp/label somewhere. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Mark V wrote:Posted By: Murgatroyd
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 22:49
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There used to be stamps available from the Hythe, Romney, Dymchurch light railway as well, but I can't see any current examples for sale except for this Benham cover to celebrate their '77 Jubilee year : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Romney-Hythe-Dymchurch-Light-Railway-77-Jubilee-FDC-/370513523225?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&clk_rvr_id=235477290010#ht_500wt_922 - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Romney-Hythe-Dymchurch-Light-Railway-77-Jubilee-FDC-/370513523225?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&clk_rvr_id=235477290010#ht_500wt_922 here's another selection of their covers for sale: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Romney-Hythe-Dymchurch-Railway-First-day-covers-/370509393458?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item564414ae32#ht_500wt_922 - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Romney-Hythe-Dymchurch-Railway-First-day-covers-/370509393458?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item564414ae32#ht_500wt_922 I used to enjoy riding on this splendid railway when I was young. ------------- "I've got twenty minutes to save the world and I've got a Post Office, and it's shut." The Raggedy Doctor. |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 23:23
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I believe both the Ffestiniog and Talyllyn Railways operate letter service still; must check on these next time I am there. The welshpool and Llanfair do sell stamps at their shop, but only packets of mixed recent issues. There were no stamps available at the Llanberis Lake Railway in 2007, nor at the Vale of Rheidol. I suspect that unless they have a large customer base the profits are not worth the effort, and the effort is best put into selling DVDs, mugs, toys and snacks. They are largely staffed by volunteers so time is precious. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 23:24
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My Dad was a British Rail employee and we would be treated to all sorts of rail-related activities in our school holidays, some of the line names mentioned in this thread are making me quite nostalgic.
Its not stamps or covers related but look here for a different side of the links between stamps and railways:
http://postalheritage.org.uk/exhibitions/onlineexhibitions/mountpleasant?slide=5 - http://postalheritage.org.uk/exhibitions/onlineexhibitions/mountpleasant?slide=5
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Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 23:57
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Crewe Railway Hereitage Museum located a bit north of the main station, but a real ****** to find by car, has or at least recently had a Travelling Post Office coach on display. Just like the one in that b7W film with poetry by Betjeman. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Murgatroyd
Date Posted: 27 May 2011 at 00:16
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Or like the one in "Robbery", the film they made based on the Great Train Robbery with George Baker? ------------- "I've got twenty minutes to save the world and I've got a Post Office, and it's shut." The Raggedy Doctor. |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 27 May 2011 at 00:22
Yes. I just remebered the b&w film is Night Mail ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |