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Printed in sheets of twelve (12) stamps (4 rows of 3 stamps). The "Vale of Rheidol Railway" (Welsh: Rheilffordd Cwm Rheidol) is a 603 mm wide narrow gauge railway, opened in 1902, which has 11 miles (18.9 km) in length and links Aberystwyth to Devil's Bridge in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. From 1968 to 1989, when it was the first section of "British Rail" to be privatized, it was the only steam-operated line on the 1948 nationalized British Rail network. Unlike most of the other preserved railways in the UK, the "Vale of Rheidol Railway" did not have a closure period due to the fact that it was part of the national railway system, became a heritage railway and thus ensured a continuous service for residents and tourists.
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