Trains On Stamps

Here are images of the two "Old and New" themed stamps depicting city rail transportation of 1894 and 1994, and contemporary city route maps, designed and combined engraved by Arild Yttri and lithography, and issued by Norway on September 23, 1994 to commemorate the centenary of the use of electric trams in Oslo (formerly called Christiana), Scott Nos. 1067 & 1068, Facit Nos. 1207 & 1208.

- nethryk

Arrived today via postcard from Japan:

While it doesn't depict trains, this cover from Hyderabad State is certainly train-related:

I had never noticed this before until I began looking at a number of these stamps in detail, but the Chinese "Junk" stamps of 1913-1923 show an interesting detail in the distant background...a steam train crossing a bridge! Just in case some of you railroad topical collectors had missed this!

Never mind my last post. I should have checked further back in this thread. There are already some pictures posted of the Chinese stamps.

Here's the first Canadian stamp depicting a train:



#157 (1929)

The transcontinental is leaving in the background, on its way through the Rockies.

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The first railway built in Peru was a short line (14 km) from Callao to Lima, which was opened to traffic in 1851. Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting the locomotive "La Callao" and tender, printed by photogravure (Waterlow & Sons, Ltd.), and issued by Peru on August 27, 1936 as one of a set of twelve stamps commemorating the centenary of Callao province, Scott No. C13. Note: Despite the claim inscribed on this stamp, the Callao to Lima line was not the first railway in South America, as a line had been opened in British Guyana in 1848.

- nethryk

Zimbabwe 2014 Winston Churchill Train.

Some of mine...

And some more...



My Mom found this at her thrift store and, knowing I love trains, saved it for me. She had no idea I love stamps too! Thanks, Mom! This is the best image I could find on the internet. I did not want to un-frame mine.

This one needs some setup: I am a fan of silent comedian Buster Keaton. Later in his life, he was in a Canadian film called "The Railrodder". In it, Buster travels across Canada on a speeder. SO, when I saw that Canada had a new STAMP with both Buster AND the speeder, I HAD to have it!

These aren't exactly trains on stamps but are some train-related items from my U.S. revenue collection. The two revenue stamps were cancelled by the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Central Pacific Railroad Company, who met at Promontory Summit, Utah to complete the transcontinental railroad in 1869. The South Carolina Railroad scrip was printed on revenue stamped paper.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting the mobile secondary post office train in Dumbéa station, designed and engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued for use in New Caledonia on March 13, 1971 for Stamp Day, Scott No. 388.

- nethryk

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