Steam engine features on new Royal Mail stamp

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Royal Mail Classic Locomotives Stamp Launch Locomotive Running Shed Foreman Fred Franklin looks out from the inspection pit under the "driving wheels" of GCR Robinson 8K 2 8 0 freight locomotive 63601 built 1911 at the Great Central Railway Loughborough Leicestershire holding the new Royal Mail Steam Railway Stamp issue depicting the engine at speed. The six stamps showing Preserved Railway Locomotives across the UK were issued on 12 January 2004,

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Size: 3610px × 2352px
Location: Great Central Railway Loughborough Leicestershire Leics UK England Britain
Photo credit: © Roger Bamber / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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