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TRAINS on POSTAL STATIONERY CANADA

	PPCs - 2c - 193x - 4 cards from large set of picture postal cards with views of Canadian cities; photos with streetcars The indicium on these cards was issued as a stamp (Sc.162, etc.) in 1930 Number 52 in series shows Parliament Hill from Ottawa River, Ottawa, Canada. Railway tracks run alongside the river. Number 305 in series shows Welland Ship Canal looking North Ont. Canada. The canal is under construction and is criss-crossed with railway tracks and construction wagons. Number 354 in series shows Street Scene in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with streetcars Number 504 in series shows Granville St, Vancouver, BC, with streetcars DL & KD
	Envs - 1967-72 - Centennial Issue (same indicium as Scott 459, etc.) (most of these are available in two sizes, #8 and #10; paper and tagging varieties exist) H&G B107 - 6c orange H&G B108 - 6c black H&G B109 - 6c black with precancel H&G B112 - 7c green
	PCs - 1967-73 - Centennial Issue (same indicium as Scott 459, etc.) H&G 211 - 6c orange - 1968 H&G 212 - 6c black - 1971 H&G 214 - 7c green - 1971 H&G 218 - 6c black with precancel - 1973
	Two items of private (PTPO) stationery using the indicia of the centennial issue - one is from Canadian National Railways, so has additional interest for the rail enthusiast. The other is from Ontario Hydro, so has no added rail connection. These are just two of many similar items from these and other companies, and are shown here only as an example of a fringe area one might explore. DL
	PPC - 7c - 1971 - indicium and photo on reverse, view of Toronto with Ontario Place (an amusement park) in foreground. There must be a rail connection here somewhere, but I don't know what it is. From a set of 15 DL
	PPC - 1971 - railway mail car (NPM)
	PPC - 1971 - electric railway mail car
	PPC - 8c - 1973 (?) - Ref. 2 BC-1 British Columbia Railway, Lillooet, B.C.: Ref. 2 BC-1, used 1973. (I sent it there to be cancelled and it was duly returned to me) TG - from a set of 90
	PPC - 8c - 1973 (?) - Ref. 1 AB-1 Aerial view of Edmonton, Alberta (there must be some train tracks there somewhere). DL - from a set of 90
	PPC - 8c - 1973 (?) - Ref. 1 PQ-1 View of Montreal, Quebec, with some sort of rail vehicle on the curved bridge at lower right. DL -from a set of 90
	PPC - 8c - 1973 (?) - Ref. 2 PQ-1 View of Montreal, Quebec, with freight cars behind ship at lower right DL - from a set of 90
	Envs - 1982-89 - Transportation - railway vehicles, 7 items. (These were part of sets showing other types of mail transport as well.) Third item is official overprint on second item. Text on reverse as follows: Top three items: Railways speeded transport of the malls. Express passenger engine No. 93 was operated by the Grand Trunk Railway. The locomotive was built at the Grand Trunk Works in Montreal in 1881. A 4-4-0 type, the engine weighed 44,545 kg (98,000 lb) and had 198 cm (78") driving wheels. Items 4 & 5: Faced with increasing competition from highway transport after the 1914-18 war, railway companies began to acquire more economical self-propelled rail cars. This six-cylinder gasoline-powered car, built by the Ledoux-Jennings Company of Montreal, carried mail, baggage, and passengers on the Temiscouata Railway from 1933 to the early 1940's. Items 6 & 7: Built by Ottawa Car Mfg Co. Ltd. in the early 1900s, street car 423 was specifically designed as a mail-handling car. The single-track vehicle was 36-1/2 feet long, 10-1/2 feet high and eight feet wide. It was converted to a wrecking car about 1912 and later equipped as a sand car.
	1982 - PTPO (Printed To Private Order) version of one first item above DL
	PCs - 1996 - superheroes - unstamped.
	PPC - 2000 (?) - Prepaid ind of no rail interest; picture on reverse has cable and rail elements KD: Canada Airmail postcard issued about 2000 postage paid / port payé - Dépôt au Canada. Livraison à l'échelle internationale./ For posting in Canada and delivery worldwide. Shows Aerial view of Jasper township from the Tramway. The Tramway is a cable car, but on the ground behind is the large railway yard
(no image available)	PPC - 2001 - Canada's Natural Beauty - indicium with Canadian flag & bldg. with maple leaf, "postage Paid...", reverse with photo. Several sets were issued. One item from one set includes a map with various illustrations, including a train (description from Classic Philatelics price list)
	CAN.16A & CAN.16B: Train in Agawa Canyon, Ontario, issued 1st June, 2002 TG

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