On the occasion of the Spring Fair in Vienna after the end of the Second World War, a series of eight surcharge stamps was issued featuring images relating to the future of the Republic of Austria. But also after the First World War...
Anyone visiting London, whether for business or as a tourist, cannot avoid it but must get in! The 'Underground' is a household name in London for travelers who only need to go one station further or to a major railway station with trains heading north...
In early 1940, Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry crafted a small wooden locomotive as a toy for his son Christopher, using, among other things, a piece of a broomstick. The toy locomotive resembled an existing model of the London North Eastern Railway of the type...
In the two previous volumes, attention was paid to Harry Potter and several other main characters from the books and films. But the school, Hogwarts, has not yet been discussed. Unfortunately, I haven't found a British stamp...
Royal Mail issued a series of six stamps on January 13, 2004, in blocks and sheets. The stamps were designed by Roundel using photographs taken by John Wildgoose. The six locomotives are...
Colin Gifford, employed as a photographer by publisher Ian Allan among others, took many photos of steam locomotives in the 60s, when steam was increasingly being replaced by diesel and electric locomotives. Delaney Design Consultants has made of a number of...
The world's first public railway for passenger and freight transport using steam locomotives was put into service between the towns of Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington. The official opening of this railway took place on September 27, 1825, when the locomotive, Locomotion No. 1,...
In earlier years, the slate industry of Blaenau Ffestiniog was the very reason for organizing goods transport there so thoroughly. This was done by making use of real horsepower: the wagons filled with heavy slate thundered down the slope with a great roar, thereby...
Besides Great Britain, Belgium was one of the most important suppliers of steam locomotives for numerous foreign state-owned and private enterprises. A major producer was Cockerill in Seraing. This company supplied the first rolling stock for the Belgian Railways. John Cockerill was a...
Belgian railway stamps are collected relatively little. In a 'pre-printed album', they are either located at the back, or one has to purchase an entirely separate album for these stamps. But for someone particularly interested in everything related to steam locomotives...
The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway is a narrow-gauge railway in Mid-Wales that follows a historic route, construction of which began in 1896. The official opening took place in 1903. The route has a total length of...
As a great lover of domestic cats—we have one ourselves—I collect stamps featuring images of cats. Not to create a 'collection' to visit stamp exhibitions, but simply out of passion. And only then do you see...
When a series of five stamps was issued by the Royal Mail on August 12, 2003, I, as a steam locomotive enthusiast, was immediately struck by the stamp depicting a signboard showing such a locomotive. This signboard had to...
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