Trains on Postal Stationery

TRAINS on POSTAL STATIONERY

CAPE of GOOD HOPE
(South Africa)

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PC - 1898 - 1p (Victoria)
Shows Adderley Street Looking West, with tram tracks and overhead electric power poles.
The set consisted of 15 different views, another card shows a similar view looking East with overhead poles but with no indication of tracks or any overhead cables, just the masts.
KD

PC - 1898 - 1p (Victoria)
1d postcard issued 1898 shows Railway Station Cape Town in central view on picture side.
KD

View PCs - 1p ind. with royal profile, views at lower left with rail interest:

(Victoria) - 1898-1901 - "The Jetty, Port Elizabeth," with railway tracks and loaded railway truck (DL)
(Victoria) - 1898-1901 - "Buffalo Harbour, East London," harbour of East London on the Buffalo River, showing both railway-tracks and truck (AJCB)
(Edward VII) - 1902-3 - The Jetty, Port Elizabeth, with railway tracks and loaded railway truck (DL)
AJCB: These cards were part of sets with six different views of which only these two are railway related.
There were five printings of these sets of cards.
1 - 30,720 cards printed on 19/5/1899 (Victoria)
2 - 30,960 cards printed on 9/11/1899 (Victoria)
3 - 30,600 printed on 10/10/1901 (Victoria)
4 - 45,600 cards printed on 26/9/1902 (Edward VII)
5 - 36,000 cards printed on 24/9/1903 (Edward VII).
The vignettes on the Edward VII cards are retouched.
They were all printed by De la Rue (UK).

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Revised -- 05/05/2003

	PC - 1898 - 1p (Victoria) Shows Adderley Street Looking West, with tram tracks and overhead electric power poles. The set consisted of 15 different views, another card shows a similar view looking East with overhead poles but with no indication of tracks or any overhead cables, just the masts. KD

	PC - 1898 - 1p (Victoria) 1d postcard issued 1898 shows Railway Station Cape Town in central view on picture side. KD

	View PCs - 1p ind. with royal profile, views at lower left with rail interest: (Victoria) - 1898-1901 - "The Jetty, Port Elizabeth," with railway tracks and loaded railway truck (DL) (Victoria) - 1898-1901 - "Buffalo Harbour, East London," harbour of East London on the Buffalo River, showing both railway-tracks and truck (AJCB) (Edward VII) - 1902-3 - The Jetty, Port Elizabeth, with railway tracks and loaded railway truck (DL) AJCB: These cards were part of sets with six different views of which only these two are railway related. There were five printings of these sets of cards. 1 - 30,720 cards printed on 19/5/1899 (Victoria) 2 - 30,960 cards printed on 9/11/1899 (Victoria) 3 - 30,600 printed on 10/10/1901 (Victoria) 4 - 45,600 cards printed on 26/9/1902 (Edward VII) 5 - 36,000 cards printed on 24/9/1903 (Edward VII). The vignettes on the Edward VII cards are retouched. They were all printed by De la Rue (UK).