Stamps of Italy: Electric Mail Train (1970)
This attractive 25 lire black stamp from Italy celebrated Stamp Day in 1970 and featured an electric Mail train. Engraved
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:35+11:00Oct 27, 2015|Engravers, Italy & Colonies, Railroads or Railways, Railways, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Train Archive, Trains, Transport|
This attractive 25 lire black stamp from Italy celebrated Stamp Day in 1970 and featured an electric Mail train. Engraved
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:19:37+11:00Sep 25, 2015|History, Postcards, Railroads or Railways, Railways, TPOs (see Travelling Post Offices), Train Archive, Trains, Travelling Post Offices|
This postcard shows a Travelling post Office (TPO) Special at a station on the Isle of Man, published by the
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:37+11:00Sep 23, 2015|Israel, Middle East, Railroads or Railways, Railways, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Train Archive, Trains, Transport|
This Israeli issue showed a number of locomotives in use in the Railways of the Holy land. Designed by A.
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:38+11:00Sep 15, 2015|Designers, Hungary, People on Stamps, Railroads or Railways, Railways, Stamp Profiles, Train Archive, Trains, Transport|
This 100 fo. grey-blue stamp celebrated the birth Centenary of Railway engineer Gyorgy Jendrassik. Designed by Gyorgy Lengyel. Printed by
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:40+11:00Sep 8, 2015|New Issues 2015, Railroads or Railways, Railways, Russia, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Uniforms on Stamps|
Russia Post has issued a set of stamps dedicated to Russian Railway staff uniforms as a part of special stamps
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:19:51+11:00Aug 22, 2015|Bulgaria, Europe Maps, Maps, Railroads or Railways, Railways|
This map should prove useful to TPO and postmark collectors of Bulgaria...
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:53+11:00Aug 11, 2015|Bridges on Stamps, Courvoisier, Designers, History, Railroads or Railways, Railways, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Train Archive, Trains, Transport|
This set of four stamps celebrated the Centenary of Swiss Railways. %c designed by B. Beber 10c. by O. Baumberger
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:20:07+11:00Jul 15, 2015|Africa, Africa Maps, British Commonwealth, Maps, Railroads or Railways, South Africa, Topicals or Thematics, Travelling Post Offices|
This map should be of interest to collectors and postal historians of South Africa, especially collectors of travelling post offices.
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:20:10+11:00Jul 4, 2015|Italy & Colonies, Railroads or Railways, Railways, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Train Archive, Trains, Transport|
This stamp commemorated the International Railway Congress in Bologna, Italy. It featured a Railway Steam Locomotive Driving Wheels. Designed by
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:20:34+11:00Apr 28, 2015|Egypt, History, Postal History, Railroads or Railways, Railway Stamps, Railways, Shipping Archive, Shipping Lines, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Train Archive|
British engineers who built the world's first railways in their own country also introduced them to others.One of these was
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:20:35+11:00Apr 20, 2015|History, Maps, North America Maps, Railroads or Railways, Topicals or Thematics, Travelling Post Offices, United States|
Fro Travelling Post Office collectors and rail buffs, an historic railway map of Michigan in 1898.
By PDb Maps|2017-10-11T09:20:35+11:00Apr 17, 2015|Australasia Maps, Australia & Dependencies, Australian States, History, Maps, Railroads or Railways, Railways, Train Archive, Trains, Transport, Travelling Post Offices, Western Australia|
This map shows the Railways of Western Australia in 1909. A useful map for rail enthusiasts and Travelling Post Office
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:20:39+11:00Feb 8, 2015|Articles, History, Nostalgia, Railroads or Railways, Travelling Post Offices|
This article, by Cecil J. Allen, M. Inst. T., was originally published in Collins’ Railway Annual in 1929. It is
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:21:02+11:00Jul 4, 2014|Architecture on Stamps, Clocks on Stamps, History, New Issues 2014, Railroads or Railways, Russia, Stamp Profiles, Switzerland, Topicals or Thematics, Train Archive|
Russia and Switzerland have maintained diplomatic relations for 200 years. During the Second World War, those relations were briefly severed,
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:21:44+11:00Jan 24, 2014|Denmark & Colonies, Designers, Engravers, Railroads or Railways, Railways, Scandinavia, Stamp Profiles, Top Ten Articles|