Isle of Man buses - £4.78 stamp booklet

Issue date: 18th June 1999

The booklet contains four stamp panes, both outside and inside cover, and several interleaf pages of railway interest

1st stamp pane:

 

22 p 

Tilling & Stevens double-decker operated by Douglas Corporation Tramways, 1922
26 p Thornycroft BC 28-seat single deck omnibus operated by Isle of Man Railway Co., 1928

Various combined two-day tour tickets for bus and train on the border.

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2nd stamp pane:

 

22 p 

Tilling & Stevens double-decker operated by Douglas Corporation Tramways, 1922
26 p Thornycroft BC 28-seat single deck omnibus operated by Isle of Man Railway Co., 1928

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3rd stamp pane:

22 p 

Tilling & Stevens double-decker operated by Douglas Corporation Tramways, 1922
26 p Thornycroft BC 28-seat single deck omnibus operated by Isle of Man Railway Co., 1928
37 p Straker Squire 25-seat single deck omnibus operated by Douglas Corporation Tramways, 1914

Various buses on the border.

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4th stamp pane:

22 p 

Tilling & Stevens double-decker operated by Douglas Corporation Tramways, 1922
26 p Thornycroft BC 28-seat single deck omnibus operated by Isle of Man Railway Co., 1928

Official time tables of train and bus, map of the island with railway line the border, and sketch of steam locomotive at left bottom corner.

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Cover:

Front of Thornycroft BC omnibus operated by Isle of Man Railway Co.

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Inside cover:

Combined two-day tour ticket for bus and train.

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Back page of 1st interleaf:

Bus conductors and drivers with bus of Isle of Man Railway in background.

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Front page of 2nd interleaf:

Conductor and driver with Thornycroft 20-seater operated by Isle of Man Railway Co.

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Front page of 3rd interleaf:

Isle of Man Railway time table.

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Back page of 3rd interleaf:

Isle of Man Road Services time table, and photograph of Thornycroft BC 28-seat single deck omnibus towing a Leyland Titan PD3.

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Back page of 4th interleaf:

Tilling & Stevens 26-seat double- decker operated by Douglas Corporation Tramways, 1920.

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Front page of 5th interleaf:

Weekly go-as-you-please ticket for bus and 3rd class rail.

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Back page of 5th interleaf:

Two ex-Cumberland ADC 416A, HRS Thornycroft DC, Leyland Lion LTSA, all operated by Isle of Man Road Services (formerly Isle of Man Railway)

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Back page of 6th interleaf:

ADC 416 using AEC engine, operated by Isle of Man Road Services (formerly Isle of Man Railway)

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Back page of 7th interleaf:

Decorated bus operated by Isle of Man Road Services (formerly Isle of Man Railway).

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Front page of 8th interleaf:

Tilling & Stevens No. 1 bus operated by Douglas Corporation Tramways, 1914.

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Back page of 8th interleaf:

The preserved Thornycroft BC, helping launch the Railway stamps in 1993.

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Front page of 9th interleaf:

Tilling & Stevens dunle-decker, Leyland Titan PD3 double-decker, and  Thornycroft BC single-deck omnibus at bus station.

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Back page of 9th interleaf:

Bus stands at Coronation Terrace teeming in 1927.

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Inside back-cover:

Thornycroft BC single deck omnibus with more modern buses.

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Back-cover:

Tilling & Stevens double-decker operated by Douglas Corporation Tramways.

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