Parcel Stamps.
Colonel H.F. Stephens was appointed manager of the Festiniog railway in 1923, and Chairman in 1925 until his death in 1931.
Parcel stamps for use on the Festiniog Railway were printed in a shed on the platform of Tenterden Town Station on the Kent
and East Sussex Railway. Printed in red with black serial numbers on white paper.
1d
BLAENAU FESTINIOG
1d
BL. FESTINIOG
2d
BLAENAU FESTINIOG
3d
BLAENAU FESTINIOG
3d
BL. FESTINIOG
4d
BLAENAU FESTINIOG
6d
BLAENAU FESTINIOG
7d
BLAENAU FESTINIOG
8d
BL. FESTINIOG
9d
BLAENAU FESTINIOG
1/-
BLAENAU FESTINIOG
2/-
BLAENAU FESTINIOG
3/-
BLAENAU FESTINIOG
10/-
BLAENAU FESTINIOG 6d Surcharged
1d
DUFFWS large sans serif lettering
1d
DUFFWS small serif lettering
2d
3d
DUFFWS
4d
DUFFWS large sans serif lettering
4d
DUFFWS small serif lettering
5d
DUFFWS
6d
Duffws
6d
DUFFWS
8d
DUFFWS large sans serif lettering
8d
DUFFWS small serif lettering, serial at foot
9d
Duffws
9d
DUFFWS
1/-
DUFFWS
3/-
DUFFWS
4/-
DUFFWS large sans serif lettering
4/-
DUFFWS small serif lettering
5/-
DUFFWS large sans serif lettering
5/-
DUFFWS small serif lettering
1d
MINFFORDD
3d
MINFFORDD large sans serif lettering
3d
MINFFORDD small serif lettering
4d
MINFFORDD
5d
MINFFORDD large sans serif lettering
5d
MINFFORDD small serif lettering
6d
MINFFORDD
7d
MINFFORDD large sans serif lettering
7d
MINFFORDD small serif lettering
8d
MINFFORDD
9d
MINFFORDD large sans serif lettering
9d
MINFFORDD small serif lettering
2/-
MINFFORDD large sans serif lettering
2/-
MINFFORDD small serif lettering
2/-
PENRHYNDEUDRAETH
3/-
PENRHYNDEUDRAETH
4/-
PENRHYNDEUDRAETH
5/-
PENRHYNDEUDRAETH
1d
Portmadoc
2d
Portmadoc
2d
PORTMADOC
3d
PORTMADOC large lettering
3d
PORTMADOC small lettering
4d
Portmadoc
7d
Portmadoc
7d
PORTMADOC
8d
Portmadoc
9d
Portmadoc
10d
Portmadoc
11d
Portmadoc
2/-
Portmadoc
2/-
PORTMADOC large sans serif lettering
2/-
PORTMADOC small serif lettering
3/-
Portmadoc
3/-
PORTMADOC
4/-
Portmadoc
4/-
PORTMADOC large lettering
4/-
PORTMADOC small lettering
5/-
Portmadoc
5/-
PORTMADOC
1d
Tanybwlch
1d
TANYBWLCH
2d
Tanybwlch
2d
TANYBWLCH
4d
TANYBWLCH large lettering
4d
TANYBWLCH small lettering
5d
Tanybwlch
5d
TANYBWLCH
8d
TANYBWLCH
4/-
TANYBWLCH
5/-
TANYBWLCH
5/-
TAN-Y-BWLCH
1d
Tanygrisiau
2d
Tanygrisiau
2d
TAN-Y-GRISIAU
3d
Tanygrisiau
3d
TAN-Y-GRISIAU large '3'
3d
TAN-Y-GRISIAU small '3'
4d
Tanygrisiau
4d
TAN-Y-GRISIAU large lettering
4d
TAN-Y-GRISIAU small lettering
5d
Tanygrisiau
6d
Tanygrisiau
6d
TAN-Y-GRISIAU
7d
Tanygrisiau
8d
TAN-Y-GRISIAU
1/-
Tanygrisiau
4/-
Tanygrisiau
Bibliography
'The Coil Type Parcel Stamps of the Col. Stephens Railways', Railway Philately, Vol. 13 No. 2 (March 1979)
Paul E. Waters, Parcel Stamps of the Colonlel Stephens Railways (1984)
Paul E. Waters, 'Parcel Stamps of the Colonel Stephens Railways', Railway Philately, Vol. 21 No. 2 (March 1987)