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TRAINS on POSTAL STATIONERY Saint Thomas and Prince Islands

PCs - 1984 - set of three Db 20 postal cards, ind of no rail interest, marking the participation of the country in the 19th UPU Congress in Hamburg, Germany, issued May 1984 According to the inscriptions on their backs, all three cards show The Lombard Bridge in Hamburg at different dates - - First view is dated 1886, and shows horse tram on bridge (image is same as that on Souvenir Sheet Scott 757, issued at the same time). - Second view is dated 1868, and shows steam train and horse tram on bridge (image is same as that on Souvenir Sheet Scott 758, issued at the same time). - Third view (with windmill) is dated 1827, and has no rail interest (image is same as that on Souvenir Sheet Scott 759, issued at the same time). NOTE: The Scott catalog listing says that the date of the scene in the first image is about 1900, the date of the second is 1880, and that the image on the third card is actually the Windmill Bridge.

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