Trains On Stamps

CHILE 1988
75th anniversary of the railway from Arica (Chile) to La Paz (Bolivia)



And 2013 : 100th anniversary of the same railway :

In 1983 the RO Post Office issued a Souvenir Sheet ( " EUROPA" series ) to commemorate 100 years from first trip of the "Orient Express " train.
It shows the famous train arriving in Bucharest Railway station .

On 2 August 1987 was opened in Bucharest, RO an international exhibition with topic " Transport" .
On this occasion a maximum card was made with the Souvenir Sheet stamp . On the back of the card was glued the souvenir sheet stamp's " frame " which was cancelled with same pictorial postmark.

More on this famous train here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient_Express

Special cover "100 years ORIENT EXPRESS train 1883-1983 "
On stamp appears the locomotive nr. 458 type 1-81 "Orleans"

800 covers ( serial number on the back) were issued by the Bucharest Philatelic Club of which 400 for overseas collectors.

CHILE 2001
150th Anniv. of Chilean Railways

The centenary of the Railway line Ljubljana-Grosuplje-Novo mesto (1994)


locomotive 5722 of serie KK StB 56 made in Austria

125th anniversary of the Ljubljana - Jesenice-(Trbi¾) line (1995)



A triple axle steam locomotive KRB NO 37 Podnart for passenger traffic, made by the Krauss works as number 92 in 1870

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a train on the Borneo Railway in 1902, engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., and issued for use in North Borneo on November 1, 1956 as one of a set of four stamps commemorating the 75th anniversary of the North Borneo Chartered Company, Scott No. 276.

- nethryk

Very nice! You all keep finding stamps I have to add to my WANT LIST!

The first electric passenger train was presented by Werner von Siemens at Berlin in 1879. The locomotive was driven by a 2.2 kW, series-wound motor. The train, consisting of the locomotive and three cars, reached a speed of 13 km/h. During four months, the train carried 90,000 passengers on a 300-metre-long circular track. The electricity (150 V DC) was supplied through a third insulated rail between the tracks. A contact roller was used to collect the electricity.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting the 1879 Siemens electric passenger train, designed by German graphic artist Heinz Schillinger (1929-2008), printed by lithography, and issued by Germany on May 17, 1979 to commemorate the centenary of electric trains and to publicize the International Transportation Exhibition, held in Hamburg, Scott No. 1294, Michel No. 1014, plus an image of a contemporary photo of the train which was probably the model for this stamp's design.

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A few 1992 Israel stamps on cover, the railways, stations and trains of the Jaffa to Jerusalem route.

Old and new trains, printed by photogravure, and issued by Egypt on January 30, 1957 to commemorate the centenary (in 1956) of the Egyptian Railway System, Scott No. 390.

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Here is an image of a telegraph stamp depicting a vintage steam locomotive and train, engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., and issued by Costa Rica in 1907. Note: This stamp is not listed in the Scott Catalogue.

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Scott: C196
Souvenir Sheet
Issued: May 4, 1973

Canada's salute to one of its early entrepreneurs: John Molson (1763-1836).
Besides setting up Canada's first steamship line, and being a very successful brewer, he built Canada's first railway in 1836, the Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad, which ran from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (then called Dorcester) to Laprairie in Quebec. The road bed still exists in places.

Canada #1117
The little locomotive, the "Dorcester", is depicted at the top right.
The steamship "Royal William", the first to cross the Atlantic in 1833, is pictured in the middle (and warranted its own commemorative, Canada #204 in 1933)
The Molson brewery, stylized at the bottom, at its peak in the 1950's, produced 1½ million bottles of beer a day and is still going strong.