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Postcards, railway letters, freight letters, magazine cards. postcards 16-09-1978 1996 25-10-1999 14-10-2005 railway letters examples of railway letters railway letter for the press example of a railway letter for the press freight letter examples of freight letters / way bills postcards with a notice delivery notices bills for transportation of goods early delivery notice cards railway related envelopes and cards examples railway related envelopes and card magazine card magazine cards 2022

16-09-1978: postcard commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Zutphen-Winterswijk line. The Hollandsche Spoorweg Matschappij (HSM) built the Oosterspoorweg connecting Amsterdam with Zutphen between 1870 and 1876. In line with this, the Nederlandsch-Westfalsche Spoorweg-Maatschappij is constructing the Zutphen – Winterswijk – Borken – Gelsenkirchen railway line. The railway line is operated by the HSM and is of great importance for coal transport from the Ruhr area.    25-10-1999: postcard. A series of five postcards was issued by Royal Dutch Mail in the "Twentieth Century" series and was called The Age of Transport. These postcards were not available at ordinary post offices, but they could be obtained from "Collect Club" in Groningen and The Communication Museum in The Hague as a set of five for four guilders. Designer: Richard Sluijs print: Offset paper: -- Perforation: -- Watermark: -- Circulation: 30,000 01-06-1996: postcard with Thalys cancel. A postcard of the Belgian Mail Service shows a cancel with Thalys, the train which runs from Amsterdam to Paris. 14-10-2005: four postcards with locomotives. Apart from a set of stamps and a sheet (see: ordinary stamps from the main menu) TPG Post issued a set of four postcards with similar designs as the stamps. At the back they are imprinted with a stamp of the same design. Designer: Kummer & Herrman print: Offset paper: -- Perforation: -- Watermark: -- Circulation: 25,000 each

railway letters These are examples of railway letters. From 1924 up to 1979 journalists used special envelopes to send their messages to their newspapers. The letter could be handed to a conductor or train driver of a train at the point of leaving the station. For other railway letters applied the rule that the special railway stamp should be applied on the back of the postcard or envelope. Here it was stuck on the front. Nevertheless this postcard reached its destination without extra charges. As faxing became more and more popular this service was cancelled in 1979. The envelope below shows how railway letter stamps had to be used: stuck at the back.

railway letter for the press After the Second World War the Dutch Railways introduced press railway letters. Press and editorial offices may have the train letters intended for them collected at the station after the arrival of the trains. The persons charged with this must be provided with proof of identity. If the persons authorized to collect are not present, the documents will be handed over to the postal service by the Dutch Railways. The chief conductor is also responsible for the care of the train letter for the direct dispatch of train letters for the press — delivery to the train by the sender and collection at the train by the addressee. The press train letter can also be sent on Sundays and public holidays. In that case, two train letter stamps must be affixed. Railway letter for the press with control seal, reading: free of postage due to license number -- dated -- from the central management of the PTT.

freight letters This is an example of a freight letter for fast delivery. Such a piece of paper accompanied the goods travelling by train. A railway letter stamp should be applied. Ordinary freight letters look like these. Alternately front and back are shown: The first is a freight letter of the State Railways (Staatsspoorwegen) from 1914 on the trajectory Ede - The Hague. The second is a freight letter of the State Railways (Staatsspoorwegen) from 1909 on the trajectory Almelo - The Hague. And the third is a freight letter of Dutch Railwayd (NS: Nederlandsche Spoorwegen) from 1927 on the trajectory Zwolle - Hasselt (in Belgium) Freight letter by the Gooise Steam Tram Company. Freight letter by the HIJSM, Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg Maatschappij (Dutch Iron Railway Company), from Hoorn to The Hague in 1909.

examples of postcards with delivery notice These are examples of postcards telling a person that his goods have been delivered and can be collected at the station. Alternately front and back of the cards are shown below. examples of bills for transportation of goods These postcards inform the recipient of the amount he has to pay for the transportation of his goods by rail. A specification is written on the back. examples of the earliest postcards with delivery notice The one below is from The Dutch Iron Railway Company "De Hollandsche Ijzeren Spoorwegmaatschappij", issued in 1897, back and front.

example of a railway related envelope This envelope of Scheltema publishing house, shows an advertisement for one of their railway books at the bottom. The second envelope is by the Walcheren Stream Tram Company. The card below is an example of advertising the railway letters.

2022 magazine cards The first magazine card with a railway subject is from January 2022. It came with the Dutch stamp magazine Filatelie and shows a letterbox on a tram. The second magazine card with a railway subject is from May 2022. It also came with the Dutch stamp magazine Filatelie and shows motorpost tarin number 3031.

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