Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
13th August 1975. Definitives.
Designer: Robert Stocqueler.
Printer: Walsall Security Printers. Lithography in sheets of 12 (3 blocks of 2 rows of 2).
Perf.: 14.
Number Printed: 5,000 of each.
Number of First Day Covers: 400.
10p
Black and yellow. Beyer Peacock 0-6-0T No. 1 The Earl.
10p
Black and yellow. Beyer Peacock 0-6-0T No. 2 The Countess.
10p
Black and yellow. 0-4-4-0T No. 6 Monarch.
10p
Black and yellow. Franco-Belge 0-8-0T No. 10 Sir Drefaldwyn.
Block of 4.
1,500 of each were surcharged for issue of 24th March 1978.
25th June 1977. 50th Anniversary of No. 12 Joan.
Designer: E.W. Basten and A. WIlkinson.
Printer: Walsall Security Printers. Lithography in sheets of 12 (3 rows of 4).
Perf.: 14.
Number Printed: 10,560.
Number of First Day Covers: 1,200.
10p
Brown, blue and black. Kerr Stuart 0-6-2T No. 12 Joan and Map.
4,800 were surcharged for issue of 30th May 1987.
24th March 1978. Provisionals.
Issue of 13th August 1975 surcharged in black by Walsall Security Printers.
Number Printed: 1,500 of each.
Number of First Day Covers: 400.
15p on 10p
Black and yellow. Beyer Peacock 0-6-0T No. 1 The Earl.
15p on 10p
Black and yellow. Beyer Peacock 0-6-0T No. 21 The Countess.
15p on 10p
Black and yellow. 0-4-4-0T No. 6 Monarch.
15p on 10p
Black and yellow. Franco-Belge 0-8-0T No. 10 Sir Drefaldwyn.
Block of 4.
1st July 1978. 75th Anniversary of Opening.
Designer:G. Nicholls.
Printer: T. Stephenson and Sons, Prescot. Lithography in sheets of 12 (4 rows of 3).
Perf.: 14.
Number Printed: 6,000 (sheet numbers 0001-0500).
Number of First Day Covers: 500.
10p
Olive-green, red and black. Beyer Peacock 0-6-0T No. 1 The Earl and Hunslet 2-6-2T No. 14.
2nd August 1980. 150th Anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
Designer: Robert Stocqueler.
Printer: T. Stephenson and Sons, Prescot. Lithography in sheets of 12 (4 rows of 3).
Perf.: 14.
Number Printed: 2,100 (sheet numbers 1-350).
Number of First Day Covers: 400.
15p
Black, green and orange. Beyer Peacock 0-6-0T No. 1 The Earl and Stephenson’s Rocket.
15c
Black, green and orange. Beyer Peacock 0-6-0T No. 1 The Earl and Stephenson’s Rocket.
Se-tenant pair.
4th August 1980. Great Little Trains of Wales.
Designer: Anthony Daffern.
Printer: T. Stephenson and Sons, Prescot. Lithography in sheets of 8 (4 rows of 2).
Perf.: 11.
Number Printed: 8,000 of each (sheet numbers 1-2000).
15p
Black and red. Great Little Trains of Wales Logo (English).
15p
Black and red. Great Little Trains of Wales Logo (Welsh).
Se-tenant pair.
17th April 1981. Definitives.
Designer: Robert Stocqueler.
Printer: T. Stephenson and Sons, Prescot. Lithography in sheets of 12 (4 rows of 3).
Perf.: 14.
Number Printed: 2,100 (sheet numbers 351-700).
Number of First Day Covers: 500.
20p
Black, green and orange. Beyer Peacock 0-6-0T No. 1 The Earl and Stephenson’s Rocket.
20c
Black, green and orange. Beyer Peacock 0-6-0T No. 1 The Earl and Stephenson’s Rocket.
Se-tenant pair.
16th May 1982. Re-opening to Welshpool.
Designer: Douglas Moyle.
Printer: T. Stephenson and Sons, Prescot. Photo-lithography in sheets of 12 (4 rows of 3).
Perf.: 14.
Number Printed: 4,200 (sheet numbers 1-350).
Number of First Day Covers: 600.
20p
Multicoloured. Beyer Peacock 0-6-0T No. 1 The Earl.
The text in the margins of odd numbered sheets is in English, and is Welsh for even numbered sheets.
30th May 1987. 60th Anniversary of No. 12 Joan.
Issue of 25th June 1977 overprinted ‘60th Year’ and surcharged in black by Welshpool Printers.
Number Printed: 4,800.
Number of First Day Covers: 252.
20p on 10p
Brown, blue and black. Kerr Stuart 0-6-2T No. 12 Joan and Map.
10th May 1988. Silver Jubilee of Re-opening.
Designer: Mike Thomas and R.I. Cartright.
Printer: Faulwood and Herbert, Brighton. Offset-lithography in sheets of 10 (5 rows of 2).
Perf.: Rouletted 4¾.
Number Printed: 6,000.
Number of First Day Covers: 289.
20p
Blue and black. Beyer Peacock 0-6-0T No. 1 The Earl and Beyer Peacock 0-6-0T No. 2
The Countess.