Wilbert Awdry, Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Reverend Wilbert Awdry signed 1980 Liverpool & Manchester Railway 150^th anniversary with a Mail by Rail Exhibition, Bournemouth special postmark.

Wilbert Awdry (1911 – 1997), more commonly known as Rev. W. Awdry, was an English Anglican minister, railway enthusiast, and children's author. He is best remembered as the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and several other characters who appeared in his Railway Series.