22 x Different NYMR Railway Letter Train Stamp Sheets
Face Value = £42 / Catalogue Value = €260+

ONLY 79p PER SHEET!!!

On offer here is a Collection of 22 DIFFERENT Pristine, Mint Never Hinged (MNH) Stamp Sheets of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.  All are illustrated and detailed below.  The stamps have a Face Value (Original Cost) of £42 and a 2008 Catalogue Value of Over 260 Euros (Phillips British Locals Philatelic Agency, Vol. 3).

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway Letter Stamps set a new standard for Railway Stamps in the UK, producing high quality perforated stamps using commisioned photography and artwork, professional publishing and design studios, and internationally recognised stamp printers such as Walsall Security Printers.  Much of the credit for these prestigious stamps is down to the dedication of Margaret Craggs, the NYMR Railway Letter Service Officer, until her retirement in 2000.  The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (formerly the Whitby and Pickering Railway) was reopened to the public on 22nd April 1973.  The line runs from Whitby to Pickering, serving Grosmont, Goathland, Newtondale Halt and Levisham.  The NYMR signed the agreement for the Railway Letter Service in August 1976, but didn't introduce the Service until April 1981.

UK 1st Class P&P is £1.75.
Airmail (Europe) is £2.95
Airmail (Outside Europe) is £3.95

(Sheet 2) MS52 40th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
SR Class S15 No. 30841 approaching the north end of Goathland Station, set within a border printed in Southern Railway green / Sheet of 6 x 25p Stamps Issued 02/06/1993

(Sheet 3) MS54 25th Anniversary of the First Working Party on the NYMR & 25 Years of Voluntary Work
NCB Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Steam Locomotive No. 29 with one of the first trains of mixed livery to run on the NYMR / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 10/11/1993

(Sheet 4) MS64 60th Anniversary of the Building of SR V Schools Class 4-4-0 Locomotive No. 30962 Repton / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 30/05/1994

(Sheet 5) MS67 75th Anniversary of the Building of NER Class Q7
NER Class Q7 Steam Locomotive No. 901 passing Esk Valley with a passenger train / Sheet of 10 x 25p Stamps Issued 01/09/1994

(Sheet 6) MS69 First Railway Letter Service Seminar
SR Schools Class 4-4-0 Steam locomotive No. 30926 REPTON climbing towards Goathland / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 24/03/1995

(Sheet 7) MS71 150th Anniversary of the York to Pickering Railway
GNR Stirling Single 4-2-4 Locomotive No. 1 at Levisham and BR Class 9F 2-10-0 No. 92220 Evening Star leaving Whitby Station / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 07/07/1995

(Sheet 8) MS74 Rebuild of Southern Railways (SR) Bulleid West Country Pacific No. 34027 Taw Valley / Steam Locomotive No. 34027 Taw Valley passing a lower quadrant slotted signal after leaving Levisham Station / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 06/10/1995

(Sheet 9) MS75 Railway Letter Service Seminar at NYMR
War Department (WD) Austerity Class 2-10-0 No. 3672 "Dame Vera Lynn" pulling into Pickering Station with Pullman rolling stock / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 12/04/1996

(Sheet 10) MS76 Commissioning of New Signal Box at Grosmont Station with USATC Class S160 No. 2253
US Army Transportation Corps (USATC) Steam Locomotive No. 2253 with the Moorlander passing the new signal box at Grosmont / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 26/05/1996

(Sheet 11) MS77 Vintage Vehicles Weekend
Two Steam Locomotives (LNER Class K1 No. 2005 and Standard Class 4 Tank No. 80135), a Bedford Lorry, a Leyland single-decker Bus, and a M.G. / MG Y-Type Car / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 20/07/1996

(Sheet 13) MS88 25th Anniversary of the Royal Opening of the NYMR 1973-1998 by HRH The Duchess of Kent
The Royal Train at Grosmont Station, double headed by North Eastern Railway (NER) Class P3 No. 2392 and NCB Lambton Hetton & Joicey Collieries Tank Loco No. 29, standing at Platform 3.  The stamps are extremely original, in that the designer has moved from Black & White to Full Colour across the two stamps as a metaphor for 25 years of progress at the NYMR / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 01/05/1998

(Sheet 14) MS90 NYMR 25th Anniversary Pullman Train with LNER Class K1 No. 2005
The Heartbeat Pullman with LNER Class K1 2-6-0 No. 2005 and Pullman Train at Levisham / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 02/07/1998

(Sheet 15) MS91 25th Anniversary Steam Gala at Grosmont Shed
(i) LNER 4-6-2 No. 6007 "Sir Nigel Gresley" and LMS 4-6-0 No. 45428 "Eric Treacy"
(ii) LNER 2-6-0 No. 2005 and WD 2-10-0 No. 3672 "Dame Vera Lynn", and
(iii) SR 4-4-0 No. 30926 "Repton" Under the Coaling Plant at Grosmont
This stamp sheet demonstrates the radical uniqueness of the NYMR Letter Service, with the use of unconventional Apricot, Green, Purple and Brown printer inks, rather than the traditional Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black inks.
Sheet of 9 x 25p Stamps Issued 03/10/1998

(Sheet 16) MS94 Re-Building of Standard Class 4MT 2-6-4T Tank Locomotive No. 80135
The final issue of 1998 marked the return to revenue earning service of 4MT 80135 after a 10-year overhaul! / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 12/11/1998

(Sheet 17) MS95 40th Birthday of Class 24 Diesel locomotive No. D5032 Helen Turner
Commemoration of the popular Class 24 Helen Turner - a useful part of the NYMR locomotive fleet for over 20 years and regularly used on passenger services, particularly in Winter months, plus the occasional Diesel Charter and the return leg of the Pickering Pullman train / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 31/07/1999

(Sheet 18) MS96 Middlesbrough Captain Cook Pullman Dining Train with Southern Railway Bulleid Pacific No. 34101 Hartland.  Bulleid Pacific Steam locomotive No. 34101 Hartland hauling the Pullman Dining Train and carrying the Golden arrow regalia / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 10/10/1999

(Sheet 19) MS97 NCB Lambton Hetton & Joicey Collieries Tank Engine No. 29
This stamp issue conincided with the NYMR Celebrating the LNER Weekend.  The stamp design was chosen as it is in the style of the 1950's and 1960's Railway Posters / Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 16/10/1999

(Sheet 20) MS98 Last Day of the Millennium featuring Blue Peter and the Whitby to Pickering Railway
Whitby to Pickering Railway horse drawn train as used when the railway first opened in 1865 with an original W&PR ticket, and Class A2 Pacific Steam Locomotive No. 60532 "Blue Peter" and an Edmundson card ticket as currently used on the NYMR.
Sheet of 8 x 25p Stamps Issued 31/12/1999