Railway stamp
{{Short description|Postage stamp used for sending via rail}}
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In philately a railway stamp is a stamp issued to pay the cost of the conveyance of a letter or parcel by rail.
A wide variety of railway stamps have been issued by different countries and by private and state railways. Railway stamps of an unofficial or semi-official type are considered cinderella stamps.
The first railway stamp was issued in England in 1846 for parcels{{cite book| last=Mackay| first=James| title=Philatelic Terms Illustrated| edition=4th| publisher=Stanley Gibbons| location=London| year=2003| page=121| isbn=0-85259-557-3 }} and Belgium has issued railway stamps since 1879.{{cite book| last=Patrick| first=Douglas & Mary| title=The Hodder Stamp Dictionary| publisher=Hodder & Stoughton| location=London| year=1973| page=201| isbn=0-340-17183-9 }}
From 1891 British mainline railway companies issued railway letter stamps for the conveyance of letters by rail, although that service has now ceased apart from on some small tourist lines.{{cite book| last1=Sutton| first1=R.J.| last2=Anthony| first2=K.W.| title=The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia| publisher=Stanley Paul| location=London| year=1966| page=251 }}
Railway stamps of Denmark
One of the countries that issued a lot of different railway stamps was Denmark. They were not only issued by Danske Statsbaner (Danish State Railways), but also by many local railway companies like Gribskovbanen (GDS), Hads-Ning Herreders Jernbane (HHJ) and Odsherreds Jernbane (OHJ).{{cite web |url=http://www.paperheritage.co.uk/rls/Denmark.html |title=Denmark: Railway Letter & Parcel Stamps Introduction |publisher=Paper Heritage |access-date=2019-11-17}} The listing is based on the DFBK Catalogue 2011 (DFBK: Dansk Fragt- og Banemaerkeklub).
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book| authorlink=Herbert L'Estrange Ewen| last=Ewen| first=Herbert L'Estrange| title=Railway Newspaper and Parcel Stamps of the United Kingdom| publisher=Ewen’s Colonial Stamp Market Ltd.| year=1906 }} (Reprint, 1983 by Tim Clutterbuck & Co.)
- {{cite book| last=Jackson| first=H.T.| title=The Railway and Airway Letter Stamps of the British Isles, 1891-1971| publisher=Harry Hayes| year=1979| isbn=0-905222-37-7 }}
- {{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Adam |title=New Zealand Railway Charges stamps 1925–1959 |date=2021 |website=78rpm.net.nz. |url=http://www.78rpm.net.nz/couriers/NZR/New%20Zealand%20Railway%20Charges%20stamps%20ebook.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230212241/http://78rpm.net.nz/couriers/NZR/New%20Zealand%20Railway%20Charges%20stamps%20ebook.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2021}}
External links
{{Commons category|Railway stamps}}
- [http://www.ozrevenues.com Australia and New Zealand Railway Parcel Stamps.]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430062622/http://www.talyllyn.co.uk/rls/index.html Talyllyn Railway, a Welsh private railway letter service.]
- [https://www.littleireland.co.uk/2020/07/cleator-workington-junction-railway.html Cleator & Workington Junction Railway Postage Stamp.]
- [http://www.railwayphilatelicgroup.co.uk/ The Railway Philatelic Group]
- [http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/cinderellas/railway-newspaper-and-parcel-stamps-1899/ Railway Newspaper and Parcel Stamps (1899)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131115014856/http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/cinderellas/railway-newspaper-and-parcel-stamps-1899/ Archived here.]
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