Pair of LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER RAILWAY NWPB postcards 1st Print & Mail Transport

A pair of collectible postcards from the North West Postal Board (NWPB) "Mail Transport" series, celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (1980).

Card 1

NWPB Mail Transport 2. Confirmed 1st Print.

Features the famous Ackermann "long prints" from 1831: A Train of the First Class of Carriages with the Mail and A Train of the Second Class for outside Passengers.

Card 2

NWPB Mail Transport 1. 7th Reprint.

Features historical information on the back regarding the first regular passenger service to carry mail in 1830.

Each postcard measures ~20.8cm x ~10.2cm

 Both cards are in excellent, unposted condition with sharp corners and clean backs, see photos