RAILWAY PHILATELY-
A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND GLOSSARY
Part III: Cinderellas and Perfins
This is the third volume of the bibliography, to include
perfins, railway letter stamps, railway parcel stamps, poster stamps, revenue
and other non-postage stamps showing railways.
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Algeria
Yvert & Tellier Catalogue
Volume 2 French Colonial Issues
Illustrated in colour
This volume contains a listing of the Algerian parcel stamps.
Argentine Republic
Weinberger, W.A.
‘Argentina
Revenues.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 16, No.4, pp77-81; Vol. 18, No.1,
pp25-26
Australia
Craig, W.D., Ingles, O.G., Presgrave, A.D.
‘The Railway (and other Parcel) Stamps of Mainland Australia.’
Illustrated, b/w. 55pp.
Revenue & Railstamp Publications, Tasmania, 1980
ISBN 0 9595660 1 5
A priced listing with background information. Tasmania is not
covered as it is included in the reference below.
Johnson, A.
‘Tramways and Carriers of Australia.’
Railway Philately, Vol. 5, No.2, March, 1971, pp52-55
Australia (Tasmania)
Johnson, A.
‘The Railway Parcels Stamps of Tasmania.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 11, No.2, March, 1977, pp51-52.
Johnson, A.
‘Tasmanian Railway Newspaper Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 8, No.3-4, June-September, 1974,
pp114-115
‘The Revenue and Railway Stamps of Tasmania.’
(Details of this publication required.)
Belgian
Congo (Katanga)
Cooremans, O.P.
‘The Katanga
Railway Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, vol. 14, No.3, June 1980, pp51-54
Cooremans, O.P.
‘BCK Railway Cancellations on the First Stamp Issue.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 16, No.3, June, 1982, pp69-71
Belgium
Dyson, A.
‘Belgian Railway Parcels Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 33, No.1, December 1998, pp48-50.
Geake, T.
‘Belgian Railway Tax Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 33, No.2, March 1999, pp89-91.
Goodbody, A.M.
‘Uses of the Belgian Railway Parcel Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 32, No.4, September, 1998, pp180-188
Jones, T.
‘The Railway Parcel Post Cancellations of Belgium.’
Illustrated, b/w, 39pp.
Published by the author, 1974
(N.B. the stamps are listed in the appropriate Stanley Gibbons
Catalogues, but are considered by some to be cinderellas.)
Bermuda
Wallace, L.D.
‘Bermuda Railway Parcel
Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w
British Caribbean Philatelic Journal, Vol. 16, No.5, Oct.,
1976, p144
Bolivia
See under Latin America
Chile
See under Latin America
China
Dyson, A.N.
‘The Peking-Hankow Railway.
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 26, No.4, p115
Deals with revenue stamps for use on the railway.
Jones, W.E.
‘Transportation type of Revenue Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 18, No.2, pp54-55; Vol. 18, No.3
pp70-76; Vol. 18, No.4, pp92-94; Vol. 19, No.1, pp22-28, 1984/5
Costa Rica
See under Latin America
Cuba
See under Latin America
Denmark
Hart, C.A.
‘Danish Private Railway Stamps: A Thematic Guide.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 10, No.2, pp31-36, 1976
Jensen, R. & Thomassen, P.
‘Danmarks Jernbanefrimærker,
1865-1965.’
Illustrated, b/w, 164pp.
Published by the authors, 1966.
Ecuador
See under Latin America
Finland
Hellman, E.A.
‘Die Eisenbahnmarken Finnlands.’
Illustrated, b/w, 152pp.
Hämeenlinna, 1955
Hellman, K. & Saarinen, B.-E.
‘The Railway Parcel Stamps of Finland
Illiustrated, b/w, 112pp.
OY Kaj Hellman Ltd., Espoo,
1993.
ISBN 951-96792-0-0
France
Gavault, C.
‘Les Colis Postaux de France/ Histoire de Leurs Timbres.’
Illustrated, b/w, 32pp.
Le Monde des Philatélistes, C
1966.
Hart, C.A.
‘The Railway Parcel Stamps of France.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 3, No.3, June, 1969, pp75-76
Catalogue Timbres de France Tome 2
Yvert & Tellier, 1982, 320pp
Contains listing of the railway parcels stamps.
Germany
Barr, W.
‘The Railroad Parcel Stamps of Germany.’
Illustrated in colour, 118pp
Published by the author, 1998.
Based on the work of Düsterbehn (q.v.)
Düsterbehn, H.
‘Gesichte und Katalog der
deutschen Eisenbahnmarken.
Illustrated, b/w, 77pp
Published by the author, 1918
Erler-Jünke
‘Katalog der Stempelmarken von Deutschland – Catalogue of the
Adhesive Revenue Stamps of Germany XVIII
Subtitle: Frachtmarken, Zeitungspaketmarken,
Platzkartenmarken, Steuerausgleichsmarken (Freight Stamps, Newspaper Parcel
Stamps, Seat Reservation Stamps, Tax Substitute Stamps.)
Illustrated, b/w, 627 pp
Published 1998
Standard work which supersedes previous works
Germany (Bavaria)
Erler, M.
‘Katalog der Altbayerischen
eisenbahn und Fiskalmarken, 1870-1924.’
Illustrated, b/w, 28pp.
Published by the author, 1974.
Great Britain
Bowman, R.
‘Railway Perfins of Great Britain.’
Illustrated, b/w, 73pp
The Security Endorsement & Perfin Society of G.B., 1976
Ecclestone, A.J. & Turner, S.R.
‘The Railway Letter Stamps of Great
Britain & Ireland, 1891-1941.’
Illustrated, b/w
Published by H. Garratt-Adams & Co.
Part I, 40pp, 1969; Part II, 63pp, 1949; Part III, 56pp, 1953;
Part IV, 59pp, 1958.
Ewen, H. L’E.
‘Priced Catalogue of the Newspaper and Parcel Stamps issued by
the Railway Companies of the United
Kingdom 1855-1906.’
Illustrated, b/w, 44pp.
Ewen’s Colonial Stamp Market Ltd., 1906. (Reprint, 1983 by Tim
Clutterbuck & Co.)
Jackson, H.T.
‘The Railway and Airway letter Stamps of the British
Isles, 1891-1971.’
Illustrated, b/w, 185pp.
Harry Hayes, 1979.
ISBN 0 905222 37 7
Jackson, H.T.
‘The Britannia Parcel Stamps of the L&NWR.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol.13, No.4, pp75-79; Vol. 14, No.1,
pp8-9; Vol. 14, No.3, pp70-71; Vol. 15, No.2, pp43-45, 1979-1981
Jackson, H.T.
‘The Locomotive Prepaid Parcel Stamps of the Great Central
Railway
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 14, No.3, pp68-69; Vol. 14, No.4,
pp78-81, 1980
Jackson, H.T.
‘The Railway Letter Posts of Great Britain, Part I: General
History.
Illustrated, b/w, 51pp
Railway Philatelic Group, 1968.
Jackson, H.T.
‘The Newspaper Stamps of the Midland
Railway.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 11, No.4, pp99-102; Vol. 12, No.1,
pp8-10; Vol. 12, No.2, pp31-33; Vol. 12, No.3, pp57-59; Vol. 12, No.4,
pp80-83; Vol. 13, No.1, pp8-11; Vol. 13, No.2, pp30-34; Vol. 13, No.3,
pp63-67; Vol. 13, No.4, p79; Vol. 14, No.4, p87, 1977-1980.
Jackson, H.T.
‘The Newspaper Stamps of the North Eastern Railway.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 9, No.4, pp83-86; Vol. 10, No.1,
pp23-26; Vol. 10, No.2, pp40-44; Vol. 10, No.3, pp76-78; Vol. 11, No.1,
pp12-15; Vol. 11, No.2, pp35-36; Vol. 11, No.4, p109, 1975-1977.
Johnson, A., de Lacy Spencer R. & Lowe, A.J.
‘Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain: Caledonian
Railway, 1847-1923
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol.15, No.3, pp51-58, 71, June, 1981.
Johnson, A., de Lacy Spencer R. & Lowe, A.J.
‘Railway Parcel Posts
of Great Britain: The
Deeside and Great North of Scotland
Railways.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 15, no.4, pp85-93, Sept., 1981
Johnson, A., de Lacy Spencer R. & Lowe, A.J.
‘Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain: The North British
Railway and its Associated Companies.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 16, No.1, pp14-23, December, 1981
Johnson, A., de Lacy Spencer R. & Lowe, A.J.
‘Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain: Glasgow &
South Western Railway 1850-1922.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp39-46; Vol. 16, No.3,
pp67-68, 1982
Johnson, A., de Lacy Spencer R. & Lowe, A.J.
‘Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 16, No.4, pp87-92, Sept., 1982
Deals with Dumbarton & Balloch, Dundee & Arbroath,
L.M.S., Inverness & Perth, Inverness & Aberdeen Junction, Glasgow
& Paisley, Montrose & Bervie and
Scottish North Eastern Railways.
Johnson, A., de Lacy Spencer R. & Lowe, A.J.
‘Railway Parcel Posts of Great
Britain: The Highland
Railway.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 17, No.1, pp3-10; Vol. 17, No.2,
pp30-35, 1982
Johnson, A., de Lacy Spencer R. & Lowe, A.J.
‘Railway Parcel Posts of Great
Britain: Central and North Wales
Part I.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 17, No.4, pp77-82
Deals with Cambrian Railways
Johnson, A., de Lacy Spencer R. & Lowe, A.J.
‘Railway Parcel Posts of Great
Britain: Central and North Wales
Part II.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 18, No.1, pp21-25
Deals with Bishop’s Castle Railway, Corris Railway, Denbigh,
Ruthin & Corwen Railway, Vale of Clwyd Railway, Vale of Rheidol Railway
and Wrexham, Mold & Connah’s Quay Railway
Johnson, A., de Lacy Spencer R. & Lowe, A.J.
‘Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain: Great Western
Railway.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 18, No.4, pp103-112; Vol. 19, No.1,
pp57-65.
De Lacy-Spencer, R.
‘The Railway Letter Stamps of Great
Britain & Ireland.’
Illustrated, b/w, 112pp
Moorside Publishing, 2000.
ISBN 1-903633-01-X
Lowe, A.J.
‘Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain.’
Not illustrated
Railway Philately, Vol. 15, No.1, Dec., 1980, pp3-6
An introduction with bibliography including some references
not mentioned here.
Lowe, A.J.
‘Parcel Stamps of Bristol Channel Environs,’ Part I: Bristol & Exeter; Cornwall, South Devon;
Part II: Severn & Wye and Severn Bridge;
Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore; Pembroke & Tenby.
Part III: Brecon & Merthyr; Somerset & Dorset; Taff Vale.
Part IV (with de Lacy Spencer, R.): Barry; Burry Port &
Gwendraeth Valley; Llanelly Railway & Dock Co; Lynton & Barnstaple;
Monmouth Railway & Canal Co; Neath & Brecon; Port Talbot Railway
& Docks; Rhondda & Swansea Bay; Rhymney.
Private Post, 1979; 1980-81; 1982; 1984.
Lowe, A.J. & de Lacy Spencer, R.
‘Parcel Stamps of England,’
Part I: Swindon, Marlborough & Andover; Midland & South Western Junction; Lambourn Valley;
Part II: Wirral; Mersey; Liverpool
Overhead;
Part III Whitehaven Junction; Ravenglass & Eskdale;
Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith; Maryport & Carlisle; Furness; Cleator
& Workington.
Private Post, 1984, 1985, 1986-9
Morley, W.
Walter Morley’s Catalogue and Price List, July, 1897
Parcel stamps (pp91-110); Letter stamps (pp88-91)
Oakley, N.‘Great Britain
& Ireland
Railway Letter Stamps, 1957-1998.’
Illustrated, b/w, 112pp.
Railway Philatelic Group, 1999.
ISBN 0 901667 24 2
Potter, D.
‘The Talyllyn Railway Stamps & Postal History.’
Illustrated, b/w, 24pp.
Railway Philatelic Group, 1969
Robson Lowe
‘Encyclopædia of British Empire
Postage Stamps 1661-1951.’
Volume I, Part 2 – ‘Great
Britain and the Empire in Europe.’
List of Companies, which issued stamps (pp209-210)
Railway Letter Stamp Catalogue (pp308-326)
Published by Robson Lowe.
Waters, P.E.
‘Catalogue of the Parcel Stamps of the Colonel Stephens
Railways.’
January, 1979 (also 1984, inscribed ‘First Edition.’)
Waters, P.E.
‘The Coil Type Parcel Stamps of the Col. Stephens Railways.’
Railway Philately, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp43-46; Vol. 14, No.1,
pp3-7; Vol. 14, No.2, pp38-39, 1979-1980.
‘The Alnis Guide to Railway Poster Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w, 28pp
Glass Slipper, 1986
Guatemala
Weinberger, W.A.
‘Trains on Guatemala
Revenues.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol.15, No3, June, 1981, pp64-65
Haiti
See under Latin America
Iraq
Eaton, J.
‘Cover Story 3’
Railway Philately, Vol. 6, No.2, p67;
Raises a query about Iraq railway letter stamps,
subsequently answered in the Spacek reference below
Eaton, J.
‘The Railway Letter Service in Iraq.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 26, No.4, pp104-106, Sept., 1992.
Spacek, F.
‘Iraq
Railway Letter Stamps.’
Railway Philately, Vol. 6, No.4, p118, 1972
Ireland
Holman, J.
‘The Decimal Parcel Stamps of the Irish Railway Companies.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 10, No.4, Vol. 11, No.4, pp107-108;
Vol. 13, No.3, pp59-62; Vol. 13, No.4, pp80-81; Vol. 14, No.1, pp32-33; Vol.
15, No.1, pp18-20; Vol. 15, No.4, pp75-77; Vol. 16, No.1, pp29-30; Vol. 18,
No.1, p11; vol. 18, No.4, pp101-103; vol. 19, No.1 pp20-21; Vol. 20No.2,
pp46-48, 1976-1984.
Johnson, A. & Lowe, A.J.
‘The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland.’
Not illustrated,
Railway Philately, Vol. 15, No.1, pp22-23; Vol. 15, No.2,
pp27-32
Italy
Vandervelde, V.D.
‘Railway Postmarks of Tuscany.’
Railway Philately, Vol. 4, No.1, December, 1969, pp26-27
The treatment of letters carried by the Tuscany railways in the 1850s and 1860s
appears to resemble that of railway letters. Hence its inclusion here.
Japan
(An unknown Japanese catalogue contains a listing of Railway
Express stamps.)
Latin America
Weinberger, W.A.
‘Latin America.’
Not illustrated,
Railway Philately, Vol. 17, No.1, pp14-17; Vol. 17, No.3,
pp69-70, Vol. 18, No.1, pp25-26; Vol. 20, No.2, p44
Deals with revenue stamps showing trains from Bolivia, Chile,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Latvia
(Railway parcels stamps exist for this country.)
Mexico
See under Latin America
Netherlands
De Veer, G.W.A.
‘Dutch Railway Parcel Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol.8, No.2, March, 1974
Spacek, F.
‘The Dutch Railway Letter Service.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 8, No.3-4, June-September, 1974,
pp81-83.
Weinberger, W.A.
‘Dutch Railway Parcel and Letter Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 16, No.3, pp57-67, June, 1982
‘Spoor en Post in Nederland.’
Illustrated, b/w, 296pp
Dutch Railway Museum
Contains chapters on Dutch railway letter and parcel stamps.
New Zealand
Brodie, J.W. et al.
‘New
Zealand Railway and Revenue Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w, 53pp.
Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, 1979
Nicaragua
Dunnett, D.A.
‘The Nicaraguan Railway Stamps of 1911.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol.14, No.1, Dec., 1979, pp19-21
Fosbery, J.
‘The 1911/12 Railway Coupon Surcharges.’
Illustrated, b/w
The Mainsheet pp113-110 (date??)
Fowler, A.
‘Nicaragua
Surcharges on Railway Ticket Types.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 34, No.1, pp44-45; Vol. 34, No.3,
pp120-121, 1999-2000
Stroub, J.L.
‘Nicaragua,
The Railroad issues of 1911-1912.’
Illustrated, b/w
The American Philatelist, pp431-433, 466; pp638-643, 659;
pp803-808, Feb.-Sept. 1941; pp113-118 (Jan.?) 1942.
In depth study of these interesting issues.
See also under Latin America
Norway
Brofos, F.A.
‘Norwegian Railway and Steamship Parcel Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w, 52pp.
Scandiavian Collectors club, 1964.
Rhodesia/ Zambia
Johnson, A.
‘Commonwealth Parcel Stamps: Rhodesia,
Beira and
Mashonaland.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 5, No.4, September, 1971, pp118-119;
(Note by W.F. Simms)
Vol. 8, No.3-4, June-September, 1974, p116
Russell, H.C.
‘Newspaper Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w
Rhodesia Study Circle Journal, No.169, pp67-76; No.172,
pp188-196, 1994.
Russell, H.C.
‘Rhodesia
Railways Parcels Adhesive Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w.
Rhodesia Study Circle Journal, No.141, pp30-33, 1988.
(N.B. This is a continuation from No.140 and perhaps earlier.)
Simms, W.F.
‘Rhodesia Railways parcels Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 10, No.1, December, 1975, pp8-13
Simms, W.F.
‘R.R. Parcels Stamps used by Zambia Railways.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 10, No.3, June, 1976, pp61-71
Simms, W.F.
‘Zambia
Railways Parcels Stamps.’
Illustrated, b.w
Railway Philately, Vol. 11, No.1, December, 1976, pp3-5
Saudi
Arabia
Weinberger, W.A.
‘Revenues.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 18, No.1, pp26-27
South Africa
Hagen, H.S. &
Naylor, S.P.
‘Railway Stamps of South Africa.’
Illustrated, b/w., 150pp.
Philatelic Federation of South Africa, 1985.
ISBN 620-07982-7
Sweden
Reidmar, S. & Wahlbom, C
‘Svenska Järnvägsfraktmärken.’
Illustrated, b/w, 156pp
Svenska Järnvägsmännens
Fritidsförbund, 1975
(See ‘Terms and Abbreviations used in
Railway Philately’ for an explanation of ‘Egentrafik’ and ‘Samtrafik’)
Sandberg, Otto
‘Katalog over Lokalfrimärken, Järnvägsfrimärken, Ängbatsfrimärken, Julmärken,
Röda Kors Märken, Svenska Flaggans Dag’s Märken.’
Eigenverlag, Göteborg, 1946
Switzerland
Zumstein: schweiz, liechtenstein
Illustrated, b/w
Zumstein & Cie
Swiss catalogue: contains listing of Swiss railway parcels
stamps.
Syria
Weinberger, W.A.
‘Revenues.’
Illustrated, b/w
Railway Philately, Vol. 18, No.1, p27
Trinidad
This country is included because it is known that railway
letters were allowed.
(See Trinidad Royal Gazettes for 12th August, 1943
held in the Public Records Office, Kew, London.)
U.S.A.
Grey, R.
‘Railroad Perfins of the Railroads of the United States and Canada, 1987.
53pp
Published by the Perfins Club, 1987
Porter, B.L.
‘Porter’s Handbook of American Railroad Mail, Baggage &
Express Stamps.’
Illustrated, b/w, 61pp
Published by the author, 1991.
World
Kiddle, C.
‘Poster Stamps: Trains including Railways and Railway
Stations.’
Illustrated, colour,
World Poster Stamps, 1999
ISBN 1 901959
Zambia
See under ‘Rhodesia.’
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