Mali 2011 Railway Pioneers. Peter Cooper (Tom Thumb)
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 2011
- two values in a miniature sheet
- Designed by:
- Printed by:
- Print process: lithography
- Sheet format height 121mm x width 143mm
- Perforations: 13.25 x 13.25
Miniature sheet, containing
800f ~ portrait of Peter Cooper, 1891-1883, American railway locomotive builder
1400f ~ Tom Thumb, locomotive constructed 1829-1830 for trials for Baltimore & Ohio RR
- stamp shows replica constructed 1920s, from the Baltimore & Ohio RR Museum
- the 1400f is inscribed 'Penydarren' in error
<compiler note...no evidence has been received that this miniature sheet is a bona fide issue for postal use in and from Mali>
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