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Airzimbab

The interest in this one speaks for itself. 1980 was a changeover time in this country with boths names shown.

Mar 26

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CathayPHK

Hong Kong travel ephemera of the 1960s and 70s. Long since sold on.

Feb 19

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WatchetWSR Bert Hole

is this old carriage built before 1856 West Somerset Mineral Railway Watchet postcard hard to find? Bert Hole of Watchet published.…

Sep 22, 2012

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WatchetWSR Bert Hole

is this old carriage built before 1856 West Somerset Mineral Railway Watchet postcard hard to find? Bert Hole of Watchet published.…

Sep 2, 2012

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Sep 1, 2012

Robert Forsythe added a discussion to the group Railway Ephemera

A second discussion: kit lithography

Again a chat with Mel Kolstad has brought this to the fore in my mind. On the Uk side of the pond these names are some of the transport kit manufacturers who have majored on printed sheets of card: Merco, Bilteezi, Superquick, Prototype, Metcalfe Models (very much so today easy to find on the web), Micromodels (very small and in the past and very collected), Peco Wonderful Wagons, Collett Cards, Williamson Models, Highfield, it could be a list somewhat longer. Does collecting unbuilt cards and…See More

Aug 31, 2012

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A first discussion?

I see that with a little while past, there is not yet a discussion in Railway Ephemera so to start one and to say hello, here goes. I am Robert Forsythe, I work from a Northumberland hillside in the UK. Hadrian's Wall is just on a quite near horizon. Always been interested in railways. About 1972 when I was 12 started collecting ephemera of railways. By 2009 the sorted shelved collection was 100 Metres, yes, 100 Metres. That was then bought by the National Railway Museum York UK and is there…See More

Aug 29, 2012

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Railway Ephemera

Artifacts of current or former operating railways around the world. Collectibles may include timetables, promotional or advertising materials, passenger and freight service items, dining car menus, train dispatching forms, train orders etc.

Aug 29, 2012

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Mel Kolstad http://www.ephemeraology.com/2012/08/ive-got-lots-of-tickets-to-ride-and-i.html

Aug 29, 2012

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Aug 29, 2012

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Mel Kolstad http://www.ephemeraology.com/2012/08/ive-got-lots-of-tickets-to-ride-and-i.html

Mel on Ephemeralogy has done a lovely write up on a pack of tickets we have to vend. We can do several of these to clear stock. Over 200 tickets, ideal to start a collection, or ideal for Collage. There is a link in her blog to…See More

Aug 29, 2012

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brixham rf

Brixham Railway Carriage Print Britain ties into my blog post here from today and also…

Jul 5, 2012

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Railway Carriage Prints

Today's work has seen me helping old friend Greg Norden create a Facebook page for Railway Carriage Prints for which he is the acknowledged living expert. Scroll down the blog page looking for the bottom right and you should see a new badge pointing directly to his page. Please go and like the page (and some of the others as well, all publicity helps). The direct URL is https://www.facebook.com/RailwayCarriagePrints . Such prints…See More

Jul 5, 2012

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