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TRAINS on POSTAL STATIONERY RUSSIAN REPUBLIC 12/26/1991 - present

Many thanks to Vadim Lapin, of Moscow, who kindly supplied the images, text in Russian, and translations for the items annotated "VL" on this page. NOTE: The thumbnails on these pages have all been reduced to the same width, so their relative sizes here are not meaningful. Moreover, the enlarged images (click on any thumbnail to view enlargement) are from several different sources, with varying resolutions, so their relative sizes are also misleading. In general: Postal cards are 104x147 mm Small envelopes are 114x162 mm (ISO C6) Large envelopes are 110x220 mm (ISO DL)
	Date: 1991-10-31 Env - 30k blue ind of no rail interest; cachet with view of river, train running alongside Krasnoiarski Kray - Abakan-Taishet railroad VL: 30 к. - Красноярский край. Железная дорога Абакан -Тайшет.
	Date: 1993-01-12 Env - 1.50R blue ind of no rail interest; cachet with Vladiivostok train station VL: 1.50 р. Владивосток. Железнодорожl 5;ый вокзал.
	Date: 1993-03-25 Env - 6R blue ind of no rail interest; cachet with Omsk train station VL: 6 р. Омск. Железнодорожн ;ый вокзал.
	Date: 1994-04-05 Env - "A" blue ind of no rail interest; cachet with Moscow Paveletskiy train station VL: А - Москва. Павелецкий вокзал.
	Date: 1994-04-15 Env - 50R red ind of no rail interest; cachet with globe, letters, mail vehicles, including modern train Russian Post Day VL: 50 р. День российской почты.
	Date: 1994-12-20 PC - 1994 - 300 R ind with no rail interest; cachet with classic steam train, horse Cachet = Illustration to Sergey Esenin's verse "Sorokoust". DL
	Date: 1995-01-11 - the 50th anniversary of victory in World War II, 1941-1945. Env - red "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with soldiers blowing up train, WWII VL: А - 50-летие победы в Великой Отечественноl 1; войне 1941-1945.
	Date: 1995-04-06 PC - 1995 - 300 R ind with antique and modern trains, 1865; cachet with image of P P Menikov, 1804-1880 -- Minister of the communication lines DL
	Date: 1995-12-04 Env - blue "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with square stamp- like image, mail vehicles, train 60 years of the Main Center of Trunk-road (main-line) Post Transportation. VL: А - Главный центр магистральныm 3; перевозок почты. 60 лет.
	Date: 1998-10-07 Env - blue "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with image of train station at Ul'yanovsk-Centralny. VL
	Date: 1998-10-07 Env - 1998 - 1.20 R ind with bust of S. Yu. Vitte; cachet with state of woman in front, classic steam train in back on brick bridge S. Yu. Vitte - Russian prime-minister, 150th ann. of his birth. Sergei Witte was Tsar Alexander III's Finance Minister from 1892-1903, and Prime Minister briefly in 1905. With a career based in railways, he was a chief promoter of and manager of the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and it is for that accomplishment that he is mainly recognized today. It is interesting to note that, while Witte was favorable towards the reforms that preceded, but did not prevent the Communist takeover in Russia, he was never honored for his achievements during the Soviet regime, and it is only in post-Soviet Russia that his contributions have been recognized. Visit the excellent web site of the Museum of the Trans-Siberian Railway DL
	Date: 1998-12-04 Env - 1998 - 1.20 R ind with bust of Y M Gakkel'; cachet with caboose Teplov Magistral System - diesel loco of Gakkel's system DL
	Date: 1999-05-18 large Env - 1999 - blue "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with stamps, one with train Ad for "Filatelia", Russian journal of philately DL
	Date: 1999-xx-xx Env - .90 r - Birth Centenary of A.P. Platonov. Date of issue: 10th June 1999 A. P. Platonov, Russian author WS
	Date: 2000-01-18 large Env - 1999 - blue "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with flying wheel, mail vehicles, modern train Russian Transport Inspectorate - Established at Osnovana, Sept 25, 1999 DL
	Date: 2000-02-10 Large Env - black-brown "A" ind of no rail interest - cachet with Kostroma train station VL: А - Кострома. Здание железнодорожн ;ого вокзала.
	Date: 2000-05-15 Env - 2000 - blue "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with photo of modern train, river 100th anniv, Trans-Baikal Rail Road (part of Trans-Siberian Rail Road) DL
	Date: 2000-05-23 large Env - 2000 - blue "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with image of Irkutsk train station VL: А - Иркутск. Железнодорожl 5;ый вокзал.
	Date: 2000-07-13 Kamensk-Uralsky. Train station. Env - blue "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with image of train station at Kamensk-Uralsky. VL
	Date: 2000-08-17 large Env - 2000 - red "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with modern mail vehicles, train, map of Krasnoiarsk 170 years, - anniv. of the foundation of Enisei Gubernia Post Office. DL
	Date: 2000-08-22 large Env - 2000 - red "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with modern train, etc. Advertising the postage stamps Russia. XXth century. Technics. DL
	Date: 2000-09-22 Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant. There is a rail cart for cast iron transportation installed as a memorial. Env - blue "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with image of Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant. VL
	Date: 2000-09-22 large Env - 2000 - blue "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with Vladivostok train station VL: А - Владивосток. Здание железнодорожн ;ого вокзала.
	Date: 2001-08-30 Env - 2001 - 2.85R ind of no rail interest; cachet with men climbing on top of old steam locomotive Birth Centenary of L.Z.Trauberg, Russian film director(Producer?). Stamp shows portrait of L.Z.Trauberg with background scene from his film "New Babylon", 1929. Cachet shows scene from film "Return of Maxim", producers L.Z.Trauberg and G.M.Kozintsev, 1937. Thanks to this site for information about the envelope WS
	Date: 2001-09-13 large Env - 2001 - blue "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with map, vehicles, including train 220 year anniv of the foundation of the state postal communications system in Perm region. DL
	Date: 2001-09-26 large Env - 2001 - blue "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with railway station, Murmansk VL: А - Мурманск. Железнодорожl 5;ый вокзал. Мурманская дирекция по обслуживанию  пассажиров.
	Date: 2002-03-04 large Env - 2002 - "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with PO building and a passenger train 150th anniversary of the foundation of the St. Petersburg Railway Post Office. VL: А - К 150-летию прижелезнодор ;ожного почтамта Санкт- Петербурга.
	Date: 2002-03-18 large Env - 2002 - red "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with stamps, reproduction of cachet from envelope 1998-10-07, with classic steam train on bridge Advertising for philatelic subscribtion service. DL
	Date: 2002-07-19 large Env - 2002 - red "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with Vladivostok train station VL: А - Владивосток. Железнодорожl 5;ый вокзал.
	Date: 2002-10-21 large Env - 2002 - red "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with image of antique train Polytechnical Museum in Moscow, founded 1872 VL: А - Москва. Политехничесl 2;ий музей. Основан в 1872 г.
	Date: 2002-12-19 Env - 2002 - 2.85 ind with train; cachet with film image of old train Birth Centenary of N.V.Ekk. Stamp with portrait of motion picture producer Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (1902-1976), background with scene from film "Permit for Life". Cachet with stills from film "Permit for Life". Thanks to this site for information about the envelope DL
	Date: 2003-01-14 Uraltransmash Plant in Ekaterinburg. Tram. Env - blue "A" ind of no rail interest; cachet with image of Uraltransmash Plant in Ekaterinburg. Tram. VL
Many thanks to Vadim Lapin of Moscow, whom I found through his web article on Postal Stationery of the USSR and Russia, for his additions to this list. (1/18/2007 - that link seems to be dead, and Google got me nowhere - if Vadim has a new web site, please email me at the address at the bottom of this page.)

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