The National Railway Museum’s postcards offerings have been expended by a set of seven wooden postcards by the wooden postcard company. Available from the NRM’s shop at York. Accurate as at February 2015.
To view these unusual postcards click this link:
This museum may be unknown to many as it has only been open a couple of years. It is housed in a bright new building beside the Clyde about 10 minutes walk from Partick station. There is also good road access and a regular bus from the Scottish Exhibition Centre. Admission is free and the collection contains five steam locos with strong Scottish connections as well as a super collection of motor vehicles, trams, bikes and shipping models. Outside there is a tall ship to visit too. The catering is recommended and there is a well stocked shop. Most of the postcards are shipping related but the railway postcard collector will find a card featuring the only surviving Glasgow and South Western locomotive No.9 as well as some Star series poster cards and a card showing steam on Glenfinnan viaduct.
Click this link to view these postcards:
The British Postal Museum already has two sites in London, one being the achives and the other a store of vehicles postboxes etc. Both are open for public visits. Plans are advanced for the re-opening of part of the underground line at Mount Pleasant that runs to Paddington. The Museum does sell postcards and several have a railway theme to them. The museum’s phone number is 020 7239 2570 for further details.
To view the railway related postcards issued by the British Postal Museum in 2015 click this link:
Some older postcards issued in 2005 are detailed in this link:
Stampex postcard Feb 2015
Spring Stampex is being held until Saturday 21st February 2015 at the Business Design Centre at Islington, North London.
Admission is free and you also receive one of these locomotive Planet postcards.
If you cannot attend I have a spare copy which I will send for the price of a stamp to the first member that asks.
