Robin Hood Line 175th Anniversary, Full Set

Robin Hood Line 175th anniversary cover with the full set of Robin Hood stamps and a Sherwood Forest postmark on the first day of issue. (13th April 2023)

The Robin Hood Line wasn't referred to as such until the railway was re-opened from Nottingham to Newstead in 1993, operated by East Midlands Railway. In 1848 when the line first opened, most of it was owned by Midland Railway which was a railway that created a large network of lines which joined London St Pancras, Manchester, Carlisle, Birmingham and the South West from Derby.