Belfast & Co Down Railway - 2 d. blue-green, die III, complete sheet of 9, lower left stamp with part of papermaker's watermark, unused o.g.

Irish Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter stamp – unused sheet of 9 x 2d Blue-Green, Die III

Irish Railway Letter Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter Stamps 2d Blue-Green, Die III – Thick bar under “D” of 2d, appearing curved Issued from 1898-1911 Unused sheet of nine stamps     Links: Go Back to: Belfast & Co Down Railway article Main page (Irish Railway Stamps) Web Page (The Collectors’ Shop, Dublin)…

Belfast and County Down Railway stamps - 1898 perf. 11 2d. olive-green in an unused sheet of nine

Irish Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter stamp – unused sheet of 9 x 2d Olive-Green, Die II

Irish Railway Letter Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter Stamps 2d Olive-Green, Die II – Thinner lettering, thin solid bar in right ornament joined to the horizontal line beneath Issued from 1893-1898 Unused sheet of nine stamps     Links: Go Back to: Belfast & Co Down Railway article Main page (Irish Railway Stamps)…

Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter stamp - 2d Blue Green, Die III used on 1904 'Shearman envelope' from Belfast to London.

Irish Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter stamp – 2d Blue Green, Die III on ‘Shearman’ cover, posted in Belfast (1904)

Irish Railway Letter Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter Stamps 2d Blue Green, Die III – Thick bar under “D” of 2d, appearing curved (1898-1911) ‘Shearman’ cover, posted in Belfast, dated 10 October 1904 Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter 2d Pale Green, Die III Edward VII 1d red definitive Both tied by “BELFAST…

Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter stamp - 2d Pale Green, Die III on cover, posted in Belfast, dated 17 Apr 1910

Irish Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter stamp – 2d Pale Green, Die III on cover, posted in Belfast (1910)

Irish Railway Letter Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter Stamps 2d Pale Green, Die III – Thick bar under “D” of 2d, appearing curved (1898-1911) Commercially used – on cover, posted in Belfast, dated 18 Apr 1910 Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter 2d Pale Green, Die III Edward VII 1d red definitive Both…

Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter stamp - 2d Olive-Green, Die II.

Irish Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter stamp – 2d Olive-Green, Die II

Irish Railway Letter Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter Stamps 2d Olive-Green, Die II – Thinner lettering, thin solid bar in right ornament joined to the horizontal line beneath Issued from 1893-1898 Mint / unused Well centred Imperf at top and on the left-hand-side     Links: Go Back to: Belfast & Co Down…

Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter stamp - 2d Pale Green, Die III.

Irish Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter stamp – 2d Pale Green, Die III

Irish Railway Letter Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter Stamps 2d Pale Green, Die III – Thick bar under “D” of 2d, appearing curved Issued from 1898-1911 Mint / unused Well centred Imperf on the left-hand-side     Links: Go Back to: Belfast & Co Down Railway article Main page (Irish Railway Stamps) Web…

Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter stamp - 2d green, Die I

Irish Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter stamp – 2d green, Die I

Irish Railway Letter Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway Letter Stamps 2d Green, Die I – Thin bar under “D” of 2d, thick lettering Issued from 1891-1892 Mint / unused Well centred Imperf at top and on the right-hand-side     Links: Go Back to: Belfast & Co Down Railway article Main page (Irish Railway…

Belfast & Co Down - 2d green railway letter stamp & company crest

Irish Railway Stamps: Belfast & Co Down Railway

Belfast & Co Down Railway The Belfast & Co Down Railway (B&CDR) was a standard ‘Irish Gauge’ 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) railway in Ireland (later Northern Ireland) that linked Belfast south-eastwards into Co Down. The B&CD also ran shipping services – passenger paddle steamers were very popular in the 1890s but by the end of WW1, the…