Trains On Stamps

Here is a "train" stamp (Michel #11) from Switzerland's September 20, 2001 "transport by the post" set of 4 computer-vended (Frama) labels.

The low value 1.25 kr stamp (Facit #832) from Norway's October 5, 1979 "Norwegian Engineering Skill" set of 3, depicts a passenger train on the Kylling railway bridge at Verma in Romsdal.

Here is another "railway bridge with train" stamp. This 1961, 70c airmail stamp (Sc #C259) of Mexico is from a set of 3 publicizing the Chihuahua Pacific Railway. The inscription on the stamp says "48 bridges", which is the number of bridges on the line, from Texas to the Pacific Ocean. Another stamp in the set is titled "72 tunnels".

A train can be seen on the high railway bridge in the Tarahumara (Copper Canyon) region of Chihuahua State.

On January 17, 1987 France issued this stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Fulgence Bienvenue (1852-1936). Bienvenue was a French civil engineer who did important work on the Paris Metro system. He has been called "the father of the Paris Metro."

Photograph shows Bienvenue at the entrance to the Metro's Monceau station (Wikipedia).

On March 6, 1984 Luxembourg issued a set of four, 10 F "anniversaries" stamps in identical colors and with very similar designs. One of these stamps commemorates the 125th anniversary of railways in the country. A diesel locomotive is shown on the left of this stamp.

This September 3, 1962 stamp (Mi. #916) of the DDR commemorates the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Friedrich List Transportation College in Dresden. Again, a diesel locomotive is shown on the left of the stamp.

A diesel locomotive can be seen pulling a long line of passenger cars on this circa 2005-10 international postcard rate stamp of private courier Universal Mail of New Zealand. The route appears to be Dunedin Railway's Taieri Gorge scenic tour.

Universal Mail of NZ was fast to move into the "hotel mail" niche of private couriers when New Zealand allowed mail carrying competition in 1998. The enterprise appears to have been acquired by DX Mail (NZ) in 2010.

Very handsome photo of Bienvenue. I'm particularly taken with his mode of dress. Do we know how he lost his left arm?

Thanks, funcitypapa.

According to Wikipedia, Mr. Bienvenue lost his arm in a construction accident on his very first assignment.

On August 27, 1987 Denmark issued this Slania-engraved, commemorative stamp (Facit #925) for the HAFNIA 87 Stamp Exhibition in Copenhagen. An old mail car and steam engine can be seen below the reproduction 5 kroner post office design.

Here is Denmark's March 14, 1991 "Locomotives" set of four stamps (Facit #s 1023-6).

3.25 kr Train IC3 1990
3.50 kr Steam Engine Class A 1882
3.75 kr Diesel Engine Class MY 1954
4.75 kr Steam Engine Class P 1907

On May 8, 1987 Finland issued this souvenir sheet (Facit BL3, #s 1018-21) depicting Finland's 1862-70 railway map, and containing four train stamps.

1.70 mk locomotive Lemminkainen 1862
1.70 mk mail van 9935 1871
1.70 mk mail van 9991 1899
2.30 mk locomotive A5 1874

The DDR's (East Germany) 1957 Leipzig Spring Fair set of two stamps was released on March 1 of that year. The stamps are transportation-themed, with the 25 pfennig value (Mi. #560) depicting an electric locomotive. The set was valid through March 1959, and 4 million of the 25 pf stamps were printed

Here is Berlin's October 13, 1988 stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Berlin-Potsdam Railway. An 1838 view is presented.

This German 1994 cinderella souvenir sheet was produced in connection with the THUEBRIA '94 Stamp Show in Oberhof, Thuringia, Germany. The sheet contains perforated facsimiles of a proposed "historic locomotives" set of 5 stamps of the former DDR.

The inscription on the sheet tells the story. The stamps were originally planned to be released in July, 1990, but the process was disrupted by the changes of that year.

The inscription reads, "After the currency union, the issue was rescheduled and, as announced at the time, they should appear as the overprinted stamps. The issue date was scheduled for October 23, 1990 - at that point the reunification had already taken place, so that neither the un-overprinted series nor the overprinted edition had been published."

The DDR's last two stamps were issued on October 2, 1990.