Celebrating 125 years of Isle of Man Railways - Prestige stamp booklet

Issue date: 2nd May 1998

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

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1st stamp pane: 
21 p 2-4-0T "Hutchinson" steam locomotive No. 12, 1908
25 p 2-4-0T "G.H. Wood" steam locomotive No. 10, 1905
31 p 2-4-0T "Maitland" steam locomotive No. 11, 1905
63 p 2-4-0T "Loch" steam locomotive No. 4, 1874

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2nd stamp pane: 
63 p 2-4-0T "Loch" steam locomotive No. 4, 1874
31 p 2-4-0T "Maitland" steam locomotive No. 11, 1905
25 p 2-4-0T "G.H. Wood" steam locomotive No. 10, 1905
21 p 2-4-0T "Hutchinson" steam locomotive No. 12, 1908

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3rd stamp pane with souvenir sheet: 
£1 & 25 p Miniature sheet of 2 stamps forming a composite picture of 2-4-0T "Sutherland" No. 1 steam locomotive with passenger train at station platform

 

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Booklet cover

No. 4 "Loch" steam locomotive with passenger train at Peel Station.

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Cover inside

No. 12 "Hutchinson" steam locomotive with passenger train at Peel Station.

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Front page of 1st interleaf

Mr. G.H. Wood beside the locomotive bearing his name.

Foundation act of the "Isle of Man Railway Company, Limited" and roundtrip ticket.

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Back page of 1st interleaf

St. Johns Station view and time table of Isle of man Railway.

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Front page of 2nd interleaf

View from an interlocking tower.

Dog ticket and discount ticket.

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Back page of 2nd interleaf

Train crossing Glen Mooar viaduct.

Excursion ticket and freight fares.

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Front page of 3rd interleaf

Photos of steam locomotives and a free pass.

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Back page of 3rd interleaf

Front of a steam locomotive and plate No. 1.
List of Isle of Man Railway Locomotives.

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Front page of 4th interleaf

Steam locomotive picture.

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Back page of 4th interleaf

Special ticket and people at the station.

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Front page of 5th interleaf

Tourist map of the line.
Inner view of a cab.

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Back page of 5th interleaf

The carriage repair facility.

No. 15 "Caledonia" clearing snow at Ellenbrook.

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Front page of 6th interleaf

Mr. jack Lowney in a steam locomotive cab .
First class free pass.

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Back page of 6th interleaf

Sign of departures.

A train along the line.

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Back cover inside

"Caledonia" steam locomotive pushing a passenger car on Snaefell Mountain Railway line.

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Back cover

Passenger cars at Peel Station.

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