Casey Jones Rail Road Unit of the ATA



HISTORY - Wikipedia

TRAINS on POSTAL STATIONERY

CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1918 - 1939, 1945 - 1992


(Post-WWII)
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PC - H&G 40 - 1929 - 50 h green - ind with no rail interest, view of rail freight wagons loading on the quayside on the Danube in Bratislava.

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PCs - 1937 - 50 h green - inds with no rail interest

All courtesy of ThemaBelga (Yannick Delaey)

#238 1937; 50 h Postal Stationery mint; railway line in Rataje at Sazovou
#239 1937; 50 h Postal Stationery mint; Tram in Prague
#240 1937; 50 h Postal Stationery used; railway bridge over the river Labe at Usti, tracks along the river bank

 
PC - 1946 - 60h
Card shows steam locomotive along with other transport, blank on reverse
Issued to mark philatelic exhibition held in Brno.

NB: Bottom left corner - the reproduction of Scott 316 (Old Town Hall, Brno) - line through it means it is not postage Scott 316 and B159 were issued at the exhibition.

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Letter Sheet - H&G G2 - 1948 - 1.50 Kcs - steam locomotive at refinery (bottom center right, above the "SM" of SOCIALISMÜ)

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PC - H&G 100 - 1948 - 1.50 Kcs - Aerial cable gondola tramway at Tatranska Lomnica, Skalnate Pleso

There are a few rail enthusiasts who include cable-suspension systems, for reasons that escape me. Here's one.

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PPC - H&G 109 - 1949 - 1.50 Kcs - ind no rail interest, photo on reverse of central Olomouc, tram at bottom left

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PPC - H&G 110 - 1950 - 1.50 Kcs - ind no rail interest, photo on reverse of Ústí nad Labem, railway bridge over the river Labe at Usti, tracks along the river bank

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PPC - H&G 110 - 1950 - 1.50 Kcs - ind no rail interest, photo on reverse of Decin, rail connection unclear (perhaps there are railroad tracks on the river bank?)

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PC - H&G 112 - 1950 - 1.50 Kcs - ind no rail interest, cachet with train tracks in background

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PC - H&G 125B - 1953 - 30 h - ind no rail interest - cachets promoting fire prevention, with trains

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CZECH.1 The translation is "Refreshments from the Station buffet." (or something like that!) issued 1953
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KD - This was produced with two different but similar images

 
CZECH.2 The bridge in the foreground is the railway bridge over the river Vlatava, Prague, issued 1968
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CZECH.3 1982 - This is the Gottwald Bridge, Prague, the lower deck of which carries the Metro. (Not very exciting!)
Issued for Praga '82 & Congress of Russian Language Teachers.
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Env - 1983 - 50th anniv. of School of Transportation - 6 Kcs indicium with modern electirc locomotive and satellite
 
PC - 1988 - Praga 88 - 3.5 Kcs indicium with buildings, cachet with very early steam locomotive and other transport - Congress of Transportation & Postal Museum
 
PC - 1989 - 150th anniv. of Czech railways - 4Kcs indicium with modern electric locomotive, cachet with early steam locomotive and cars on Brno-Vienna route
 
PC - 1991 - 3 Kcs indicium with old stream locomotive, cachet with steam train on route between Zelezna Ruda-mesto and Bayerisch Eisenstein

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