Trains on Postal Stationery

TRAINS on POSTAL STATIONERY

FRANCE

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Letter card - 1893 - H&G KA1 - 15 ¢ centenary of Dunkerque
(Printed to Private Order)
Exists in at least one other variety, with stamp in LR

Postal card - 1930 - View of railroad station at Limoges
(Printed to Private Order)
YD

PC - used 1937 - view of Paris with tram
DL

Letter card - 1943 - Stamp Day - NOT pre-stamped
(certainly a private product, but I was born in 1943, so I'm throwing this in!)

FRA.2 - FRA.6: These came out in sets of 10 for a number of years. Illustrations added by the Railwaymen's Philatelic Association for their annual exhibition. 1949 was the 6th exhibition and 1953 was the 10th. I suppose they are up to the 60th by now. More recently they only issued two cards each year. I used to get them each year from France but it was just too much and I got rid of them.
TG

FRA.7: Produced by the Reims Philatelic Society, presumably in 1976. Cachet added privately by the Society. It shows Reims tram locomotive No. 13 built by Tubize, 1903. I once had a very large number of these privately produced cards. I kept this one as it was the most attractive, and quite tastefully done. The rest I got rid of because they took up too much space.
TG

PC - 1983 - 1.6F green ind with no rail interest (Eiffel Tower) - view of rail bridge Cubzac-les-Ponts, Gironde

Env - 1996
ATA HB entry:
2539 6/29/96 3fr Diesel railcar set on trestle in mountains (centenary of Ajaccio- Vizzavona Railway, Corsica) Note: Same design exists in cachet & post-paid indicia on 7/30/96 postal stationery envelope & card
SOLD ONLY IN CORSICA
Note that this is a "Prêt à Poster" envelope (see next page), though more elaborately produced and packaged than most. One could say it does not belong to the same category as the ordinary ones, since its indicium is theme-coordinated with its cachet.

Sc. 1509
Env - 1997 - "pre-paid" ind with rail tracks
ATA HB entry:
1997 - A set of five different cacheted envelopes carrying imprinted stamp indicia of same design as "Franche-Comté" #1509, but with no value indicated & imprinted "Postage Paid," was issued 6/30/97
KD:
French pre-paid envelopes referred in the listing to but not illustrated
All have the identical reverse indicating Worldwide validity up to 20g and stating the envelopes are authorised by the French PO together with the agreement number.
The stamp insciption is Port payé - Postage Paid - Porte Pagado

None of the printed illustrations has any railway connection
1 shows Ferme comtoise in Doubs
2 shows Forêt du Massacre in Jura
3 shows Clocher comtois in Haute Saone
4 shows Lac de St Point in Doubs
5 shows Lion de Belford in Belfort

The envelopes were sold by Post Offices in the Franche Comté region of France.

Note that these are "Prêt à Poster" envelopes (see next page), though more elaborately produced and packaged than most. One could say they do not belong to the same category as the ordinary ones, since their indicium is theme-coordinated with the cachet.

Envelope and 5 cards - prepaid - 2000 - indicium with Tin Tin (cartoon character & his dog), each card with dfifferent cachet, one with man chasing train.
(description from Classic Philatelics price list)
KD: scans and the following: The rather nice French Tin-tin PSE (Pre-stamped envelope). The back shows all the main characters, the unstamped card is the official insert in the envelope.
Note that these are "Prêt à Poster" envelopes (see next page), though more elaborately produced and packaged than most. One could say they do not belong to the same category as the ordinary ones, since their indicium is theme-coordinated with the cachet.

Envelope - prepaid - 17 May 2003 - indicium with TGV train, cachet with ad for Le Train Capitale
KD:
Le Train Capitale - shows a TGV electric train. inscribed "Lettre 20g"
Marks the period from 17 May to 15 June, 2003, when a working line was laid down in the Champs Elysee in Paris.
Note that this is a "Prêt à Poster" envelope (see next page), though more elaborately produced and packaged than most. One could say it does not belong to the same category as the ordinary ones, since its indicium is theme-coordinated with its cachet.

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Revised -- 01/19/2007

	Letter card - 1893 - H&G KA1 - 15 ¢ centenary of Dunkerque (Printed to Private Order) Exists in at least one other variety, with stamp in LR

	Postal card - 1930 - View of railroad station at Limoges (Printed to Private Order) YD

	PC - used 1937 - view of Paris with tram DL

	Letter card - 1943 - Stamp Day - NOT pre-stamped (certainly a private product, but I was born in 1943, so I'm throwing this in!)

	FRA.2 - FRA.6: These came out in sets of 10 for a number of years. Illustrations added by the Railwaymen's Philatelic Association for their annual exhibition. 1949 was the 6th exhibition and 1953 was the 10th. I suppose they are up to the 60th by now. More recently they only issued two cards each year. I used to get them each year from France but it was just too much and I got rid of them. TG

	FRA.7: Produced by the Reims Philatelic Society, presumably in 1976. Cachet added privately by the Society. It shows Reims tram locomotive No. 13 built by Tubize, 1903. I once had a very large number of these privately produced cards. I kept this one as it was the most attractive, and quite tastefully done. The rest I got rid of because they took up too much space. TG

	PC - 1983 - 1.6F green ind with no rail interest (Eiffel Tower) - view of rail bridge Cubzac-les-Ponts, Gironde

	Env - 1996 ATA HB entry: 2539 6/29/96 3fr Diesel railcar set on trestle in mountains (centenary of Ajaccio- Vizzavona Railway, Corsica) Note: Same design exists in cachet & post-paid indicia on 7/30/96 postal stationery envelope & card SOLD ONLY IN CORSICA Note that this is a "Prêt à Poster" envelope (see next page), though more elaborately produced and packaged than most. One could say it does not belong to the same category as the ordinary ones, since its indicium is theme-coordinated with its cachet.

Sc. 1509	Env - 1997 - "pre-paid" ind with rail tracks ATA HB entry: 1997 - A set of five different cacheted envelopes carrying imprinted stamp indicia of same design as "Franche-Comté" #1509, but with no value indicated & imprinted "Postage Paid," was issued 6/30/97 KD: French pre-paid envelopes referred in the listing to but not illustrated All have the identical reverse indicating Worldwide validity up to 20g and stating the envelopes are authorised by the French PO together with the agreement number. The stamp insciption is Port payé - Postage Paid - Porte Pagado None of the printed illustrations has any railway connection 1 shows Ferme comtoise in Doubs 2 shows Forêt du Massacre in Jura 3 shows Clocher comtois in Haute Saone 4 shows Lac de St Point in Doubs 5 shows Lion de Belford in Belfort The envelopes were sold by Post Offices in the Franche Comté region of France. Note that these are "Prêt à Poster" envelopes (see next page), though more elaborately produced and packaged than most. One could say they do not belong to the same category as the ordinary ones, since their indicium is theme-coordinated with the cachet.

	Envelope and 5 cards - prepaid - 2000 - indicium with Tin Tin (cartoon character & his dog), each card with dfifferent cachet, one with man chasing train. (description from Classic Philatelics price list) KD: scans and the following: The rather nice French Tin-tin PSE (Pre-stamped envelope). The back shows all the main characters, the unstamped card is the official insert in the envelope. Note that these are "Prêt à Poster" envelopes (see next page), though more elaborately produced and packaged than most. One could say they do not belong to the same category as the ordinary ones, since their indicium is theme-coordinated with the cachet.

	Envelope - prepaid - 17 May 2003 - indicium with TGV train, cachet with ad for Le Train Capitale KD: Le Train Capitale - shows a TGV electric train. inscribed "Lettre 20g" Marks the period from 17 May to 15 June, 2003, when a working line was laid down in the Champs Elysee in Paris. Note that this is a "Prêt à Poster" envelope (see next page), though more elaborately produced and packaged than most. One could say it does not belong to the same category as the ordinary ones, since its indicium is theme-coordinated with its cachet.