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TRAINS on POSTAL STATIONERY AUSTRALIA - Page 1

Some train stamp collectors include train bridges, even if no train is shown. I am not among them. KD does collect them, and has supplied items showing Sydney Harbor Bridge from his collection.
QUEENSLAND
	PC - 1d - 1895 (?) - (ind no rail interest) - photo on stamp side of tracks "On the North Coast Railway Line". DL
	PC - 1d - 1895 (?) - (ind no rail interest) - photo on stamp side of street scene with electric trolleys, "Corner Queen and Edward Streets, Brisbane". DL
	PC - 1d - 1895 (?) - (ind no rail interest) - photo on stamp side of street scene, "Charleville, S. and W. Railway" DL
	PC - 1d - 1895 (?) - (ind no rail interest) - photo on stamp side, aerial view with train tracks, "South Brisbane and Coal Wharves". DL
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
	Postcard - 1908 - 1d - View (sideways) of Southern Railway on stamp side. (Location identified as Mount Lofty Range: No 26 in a series of 28 cards showing views of South Australia) TG and DL
	Postcard - 1908? - 1d - View (sideways) of "Adelaide Railway Station" with platform and trains Looks like it's from the same series as the card above YD
VICTORIA
	VICTORIA - H&G-A1 - 1889 1d Letter card - dull blue on gray-brown cardstock - printed stamp indicium with standing queen & inscribed "STAMP DUTY"; one of three cachets on bottom half of card depicts a vintage steam locomotive with passenger train. Price "three-halfpence". (H&G: ONE PENNY BLUE on thin, medium, heavy, or chalky paper in many shades of gray, AA, white inside.)
	ATA HB entry: VICTORIA - H&G-A2 - 1889 1d Letter card - dull blue on gray-brown cardstock - printed stamp indicium with standing queen & inscribed "STAMP DUTY"; one of three cachets on bottom half of card depicts a vintage steam locomotive with passenger train. Price "1/3 per dozen". (same as H&G A1, except for text with price - also occurs with many different papers and shades of ink)
	PC - 1d - 1908 - ind. no rail interest, photo on stamp side of street scene with trams, "General Post Office, Melbourne". Souvenir card for 1908 visit of US Fleet DL
AUSTRALIA
	H&G 5 - PPC - 1911 - 1d - indicium royal bust of no rail interest, picture side view of "SPRING ST. MELB." with trams DL
	H&G 5 - PPC - 1911 - 1d - indicium royal bust of no rail interest, picture side view of "BOURKE ST. MELB." with trams ("date stamp was equivalent to a SPECIMEN stamp in 1911") DL
	H&G 5 - PPC - 1911 - 1d - indicium royal bust of no rail interest, picture side view of "FLINDERS ST. MELB." with trams, tracks, and trains DL
	H&G 5 - PPC - 1911 - 1d - indicium royal bust of no rail interest, picture side view of "SWANSTON ST. MELB." with trams DL
	Letter card - 1911 (?) - 1d - H&G A3 - Log train, Jarrah Forest, Western Australia (on back) TG
	Letter card - 1911 (?) - 1d - H&G A3 - Railway Bridge over Montezuma Falls, Tasmania (on back). TG
	H&G A3 - letter card - 1911 (?) - 1d - royal bust on ind. - photo of "CAIRNS RAILWAY, QUEENSLAND" with rail bridge DL
	H&G A3 - letter card - 1d - 1911 (?) - royal bust on ind. - photo of "VIADUCT NEAR ADELAIDE, S.A." with train on bridge DL
	Letter card - 1913 - 1d - H&G A5 - indicium with Kangaroo and map outline (same design as Australia Scott 1-15), photo view on back panel ("CAIRNS RAILWAY, QUEENSLAND") of Stoney Creek Viaduct, Cairns Railway, Queensland (train, bridge, waterfall), perf 10 in env. format TG and DL
	Letter card - 1913 - 1d - H&G A5 - photo of "CENTRAL RL. STN. BRISBANE" (on back) printed in multiple colors and on different papers TG, DL, YD DL item has note - "not Brisbane, but Sydney"
	More designs from the series above, stamp side not available, all with train or streetcar tracks, some with rail cars. 1. Fort Pirie, South Australia 2. Shipping Butter, Brisbane 3. Flinders Street, Melbourne (same image as used on postal card above) 4. March through streets of Melbourne of A.I.F. (streetcar tracks visible) 5. Town Hall, sydney (streetcar tracks visible)
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