Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

SKANDINAVIAN RAILWAY STAMPS

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1864 Inscription 'PAKKE FRIMAERKE THRONDHJEM - STOREN - JERNBANE' (Norway)

I've seen the 2 Sk blue and 4 Sk red stamps in this design.

D/S Smaalandshavet Bandholm

I've seen the values, 10 o brown, 60 o brown, 90 o green, 200 o violet, "25 ore" on 10 o brown and "100 ore" on 40 o orange.

Denmark 'DSB' (Danske Stats Baner); see also Denmark Railway Stamps, D.S.B.

I have seen the values 5 o grey, 7 o red, 10 o brown, 20 o brown, 30 o green, 40 o grey, 40 o yellow, 50 o yellow, 50 o brown, 50 o red, 60 o red, 70 o brown, 80 o violet, 90 o red, 90 o violet, 100 o orange, 100 o blue, 120 o yellow, 200 o green and a surchrarge of '10' on 7 o red. I have also seen a 500 o lilac (design slightly different with value in an ellipse). In a similar design but larger (value in an ellipse) I have seen 25 o green.

'De Danske Statsbaner and 'Randers Hadsund Jernbane'

Aalborg Privatbaner

(Reduced sizes)

NordJyllands Forenede Privatbaner in a very similar design as the Aalborg stamps.

Statens Jarnvager (Sweden)

De Sjaellandske Jernbaner

The earliest Danish railway stamps I know of (The Stamp Collector's Magazine Vol IV, 1866, page 89) are issued in 1866 with inscription "DE SJAELLANDSKE JERNBANER" in the values 8 sk blue (5 Pund) and 16 (12?) sk brown (10 Pund). See also http://a34.dk/banem/regional/dsj/dsj.html (site no longer active). In 1875 a 20 ore blue (10 Pund) was issued in the same design.

10 Pund 12 Skilling brown value in an ellipse, crown on top. Also a 5 Pund 8 Skilling blue.

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