Railphilately Parcel Stamps State Railway Stamps

STATE RAILWAY STAMPS

Parcel Stamps
Stamps for delivery to addressee's house
Stamps for messages
Red cross revenue stamps
Stamps for temporary railway tax

PARCEL STAMPS

1871 Imperforated issue

1	25 penniä	red
2	50 penniä	blue
3	70 penniä	orange

1874 As 1871, but now line perforated 12½

4	25 penniä	red
5	50 penniä	blue
6	70 penniä	orange

1876 New design, at the top "Statsjernvägarne", line perforation 12½

7		25 penniä	red
	RH		rought perforation (1876)
	TH		pointed perforation(1877)
8		1 markka	blue (shades)
	RH		rought perforation (1876)
	TH		pointed perforation(1877)

1881 As 1876, but now perforated 11½

25 penniä

red

1882 Temporary stamp for the Waasa railway, line perforated 11½

25 penniä

black on orange paper

1883 New design, at the top "för Paket", perforated 11½

11		30 penniä	red
12		40 penniä	brown

1884 As 1876, but somewhat smaller in size (22mm x 33mm), line perforated 11½

13		25 penniä	red
14		30 penniä	red
15		40 penniä	brown
	Hn		vertically imperforated
16	a	50 penniä	orange
	b		yellow
17		1 markka	blue
	Hn		vertically imperforated

1888 As 1884, but now perforated 12½

18	25 penniä	red
19	50 penniä	orange
20	1 markka	blue

1891 New design, at the top "Statsjärnvagarne i Finland", line perforated 12½

21	25 penniä	red
22	50 penniä	orange
23	1 markka	blue

1898 As 1891, but now "Finska Statsjärnvagarne", line perforated 12½

24	25 penniä	red
25	50 penniä	orange
26	1 markka	blue

1900 New design, line perforation 12½

27	25 penniä	red
28	50 penniä	orange
29	1 markka	violet

1905 As 1900, but now perforation 12½ x 14½

30	25 penniä	red
31	50 penniä	orange
32	1 markka	violet

1907 As 1900, but now perforation 11½

25 penniä

red

1909 New design, penni values perf. 14 and 1 mark perf. 12½ x 14½

34	25 penniä	red
35	50 penniä	yellow
36	1 markka	brownish lila

1913 New trilingual design, perforation 14 x 14 (A) or 13 x 13½ (B)

37	A	40 penniä	red
38	A	60 penniä	orange
	B
39	A	1 markka	violet

1914 As 1913, additional values, line perforation 11½

40		25 penniä	green
	Hn		horizontally imperforated
41		50 penniä	brown
	Hn		horizontally imperforated

1918 New design, as 1913, but no vertical inscriptions,
crown beneath the numeral perferation 14 x 14 (A) or 13 x 13½ (B), numerous shades and paper varieties

42	A	40 penniä	red
	B
43	A	50 penniä	green
	B
44	A	60 penniä	orange
	B
45	A	1 markka	violet
	B
	B KH		double perferation
46	A	3 markkaa	blue
	B
	kv		misshaped "3"

1920 As 1918, but no crown, perforation 14 x 14

47	50 penniä	green
48	1 markka	violet
49	3 markkaa	blue
50	5 markkaa	brown (1921)

1924-1949 New design, bilingual

51	2 markkaa	violet
52	4 markkaa	olive yellow
53	4 markkaa	blue
54	4 markkaa	brown
55	6 markkaa	orange red
56	6 markkaa	carmine
57	10 markkaa	yellow green
58	10 markkaa	green
59	100/2 mk	violet
60	100/6 mk	charmine

As previous, but Finnish incription only, to be used at the Finnish speaking stations

61	50 penniä	yellow
62	2 markkaa	violet
63	4 markkaa	blue
64	4 markkaa	brown
65	5 markkaa	red
66	6 markkaa	orange red
67	6 markkaa	carmine
68	10 markkaa	yellow green
69	10 markkaa	green
70	20 markkaa	olive
71	50 markkaa	blue
72	100/2 mk	violet
73	100/6 mk	carmine

Freight charge stamps

1949 New design, not taken in use, coil stamps, individually numbered

74	10 markkaa	green
75	20 markkaa	brown
76	50 markkaa	blue

1949 Final design, coil stamps, serial number, but no control letter, vertical perferation 11 x 11½

77	5 markkaa	red
78	20 markkaa	grey
79	30 markkaa	green
80	50 markkaa	blue
81	100 markkaa	yellow

1950 As previous, but also a control letter prefixed the serial number

82		20 markkaa	grey
83		30 markkaa	green

1950 As previous(serial number and control letter), but now new type of perforation

84	5 markkaa	red
85	20 markkaa	grey
86	30 markkaa	green
87	50 markkaa	blue
88	100 markkaa	yellow

1951 As previous, but now white numerals

89	5 markkaa	red
90	20 markkaa	grey
91	30 markkaa	green
92	50 markkaa	blue
93	100 markkaa	yellow

1952 New design, control letter printed with the same colour as the stamp

Proof		500 markkaa	red
94		30 markkaa	green
	A		control letter A
	B		control letter B
95		100 markkaa	brown yellow
	A		control letter A
	B		control letter B
	C		control letter C
96		500 markkaa	lilac carmine
	A		control letter A
	B		control letter B
	C		control letter C
	D		control letter D
	E		control letter E

ADHESIVES FOR DELIVERY TO ADDRESSEES HOUSE

1871 Issue of addional adhesives for completed delivery to addressees house

K 1		10 penniä	brown
K 2		20 penniä	black

ADHESIVES FOR MESSAGES

1883 thick letters "Notification Ilmoitus"

I 1

10 penniä

carmine

1889 As 1883, but now thin letters

I 2

10 penniä

red

RED CROSS REVENUE STAMPS

Red Cross revenue stamps

PR 1		35 penniä	green and red
PR 2		50 penniä	blue and red

REVENUE STAMPS FOR TEMPORARY RAILWAY TAX

1915 Revenue stamps for temporary railway tax.
In the penni values can two types be found; the distance between the Russian P (after the domination)
and the following point is narrow (I) or wide (II). Both penni and markka values show many different shades.

V 1		5 penniä
	I		vihreä
	II		blackish olive, thick yellowish paper
V 2		10 penniä
	I		yellowish brown
	II		olive brown, thick yellowish paper
V 3		25 penniä
	I		greyish or light blue
	II		greyish green blue
V 4		50 penniä
	I		grey
	II		brownish grey
V 5		1 markka	red
x			white paper
	Hn		imperforated at the top
	KH		double perforation
	TB		tete beche
y			yellowish paper
V 6		5 markkaa	green
x			white paper
	KH		double perforation
	Hn		imperforated at the bottom
y			yellowish paper
V 7		10 markkaa	blue
x			white paper
	KH		double perforation
	Hn		imperforated at the left
y			yellowish paper and gum
V 8		20	orange
x			white paper and gum
	KH		double perforation
	Hn		imperforated at the bottom
V 9	a	50 markkaa	dark lilac
	b		light lilac