Centenary of Snaefell Mountain Railway - £4.63 stamp booklet

Issue date: 8th February 1994

The booklet contains four stamp panes and four interleaves, all of railway interest


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1st stamp pane: 
20 p Electric car No. 2, 1920, and electric car No. 1,  21.08. 1895
35 p Electric cars No. 6 and No. 5, 1971
24 p Electric cars No. 3 in Laxey Valley and No. 4 in green livery
42 p Freight car "Maria" No. 7 and 0-6-0T "Caledonia" No. 4 steam locomotive, Manx Northern Railway with freight cars


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2nd stamp pane: 
24 p Electric cars No. 3 in Laxey Valley and No. 4 in green livery
20 p Electric car No. 2, 1920, and electric car No. 1,  21.08. 1895
35 p Electric cars No. 6 and No. 5, 1971
42 p Freight car "Maria" No. 7 and 0-6-0T "Caledonia" No. 4 steam locomotive, Manx Northern Railway with freight cars


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3rd stamp pane: 
35 p Electric cars No. 6 and No. 5, 1971
24 p Electric cars No. 3 in Laxey Valley and No. 4 in green livery
20 p Electric car No. 2, 1920, and electric car No. 1,  21.08. 1895
42 p Freight car "Maria" No. 7 and 0-6-0T "Caledonia" No. 4 steam locomotive, Manx Northern Railway with freight cars


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4th stamp pane with souvenir sheet: 
£ 1.00 Snaefell Railway car at Hotel Bungalow, 1912

 

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Catalog No.:   M MH33 - S ??? - SG B39 - YT L46

Booklet cover

Tea Room, Thort y Will at summit of Snaefell Mountain and electric car No. 4

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Inside cover

Logo and promotional signs.

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Front page of 1st interleaf

Various postcards and photographs.

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Back page of 1st interleaf

Snaefell power station.

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Front page of 2nd interleaf

Heavy power bogie maneuvered under No. 2 car.
Photo of No. 2 electric car with the unpopular short-lived green livery at Laxey Station.

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Back page of 2nd interleaf

Various photos on the main line.

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Front page of 3rd interleaf

Photos of the route near Lhergy Veg.

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Back page of 3rd interleaf

Photo at Bungalow Hotel and drawings with electric cars crossing the main road.

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Front page of 4th interleaf

Observatory platform on summit of Snaefell, and electric car No. 4 on the west shoulder.

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Back page of 4th interleaf

Fell brake end of a bogie.
Photo of the 1922 and 1977 railcars.

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Inside back cover

Gradient profile and map of the Laxey- Snaefell route.
Old ticket from the SMR route.

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Back cover

Electric car No. 3 in winter blizzard conditions.

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