This Buckingham first day cover was produced with the Railway Magazine and issued 13 January 2004 and has the genuine hand signed signature of Andrew Scott, the Director Of The National Railway Museum.

The reverse of the cover has information about the Railway Magazine.

Fabulous cover of ‘Classic Locomotives’ FDC, the set of 6 stamps in a miniature sheet were issued on 13.1.04.

The stamps are:-

20p Dolgoch Rheilffordd Talyllyn Railway, Gwynedd

28p CR Class 439, Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway, West Lothian

E GCR Class 8k, Leicestershire

42p GWR Manor Class Bradley Manor, Severn Valley Railway, Worcestershire

47p SR West Country class Blackmoor Vale, Bluebell Railway, East Sussex

68p BR Standard Class, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, Yorkshire

The cover features Terence Cuneo’s portrait of the Flying Scotsman, framed in gold.

Postmark of train inside the words :- A Trusted Voice For The Railway Community, London SE1, 13.1.04, Railway Magazine.

Only 500 issued, few signed.

This cover has the genuine hand signed signature of Andrew John Scott CBE. He was the Director of the National Railway Museum in York, part of the National Museum of Science and Industry  (NMSI) in England. His previous museum appointments (since 1984) had been with the West Yorkshire Transport Museum in Bradford, the Bradford Industrial Museum, and the London Transport Museum.

In September 2009 Andrew Scott took over as acting director of the NMSI after the dismissal of Molly Jackson over a breach of NMSI conduct. On 15 October 2010 Andrew Scott retired and the new post holder was Ian Blatchford. He was recruited from being the director deputy director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Since October 2015 Scott has been the chair of trustees of York Civic trust. He is also a trustee of York Museum’s trust.

Cuneo CVO, OBE, RGI, FGRA (1907-1996). He was a prolific English painter noted for his scenes of railways, horses and military actions. He was also the official artist for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. On the cover is a lovely silk picture, painted by Cuneo. He painted some fabulous pictures, well worth seeing.

Biography of Andrew Scott enclosed.

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