STAMPS FOR PRIVATE RAILWAY COMPANIES

Hamina (Fredrikshamn)
Hangö - Hyvinge (Hanko - Hyvinkää)
Hyvinkää - Pyhäjärvi / Karkkila
Jokioinen (Jokkis)
Karhula / Karhula - Sunila
Lohja (Lojo)
Loviisa / Lovisa - Wesijärvi
Mänttä
Nykarleby (Uusikaupunki)
Porvoo - Kerava (Borgå - Kervo)
Raahe (Brahestad)
Rauma
Riihimäki - Loppi

HAMINA (FREDRIKSHAMN)

1899 Litography, line perferation 11½.
These stamps exist in two printings - there are different shades as well.
In the first (I) printing the vertical distance between stamps is 3½ mm and in second (II) printing 4 mm.

1   25 penniä.  
  I . dark bluish lilac
  II   brownish lilac
2   50 penniä  
  I   light yellow orange
  II   strong brownish yellow

 

HANGÖ-HYVINGE (HANKO-HYVINKÄÄ)

1873 Litography on a coloured paper, line perferation 12¾.

1   25 penniä black on a green paper
2   50 penniä black on a lilac paper
3   70 penniä black on a chamois paper

 

HYVINKÄÄ-PYHÄJÄRVI/KARKKILA

1911 Litography, line perferation 11½.

1   25 penniä violet
2   50 penniä brown olive
3   1 markka brownish olive grey

1922-1930 New smaller design "Oy Hyvinkää-Pyhäjärven rautatie".

4   1 markka green olive (1922)
5   2 markkaa light brownish lilac (1922)
6   4 markkaa reddish brow (1930)
7   6 markkaa dark lilac (1930)
  Hn   imperforated (proof)

1941 New incription "Hyvinkään-Karkkilan rautatie".

8   4 markkaa yellow brown
9   7 markkaa dark brownish violet

JOKIOINEN (JOKKIS)

1898 Printed, but not issued, imperforated and ungummed, "Jokkis Forssa Jernväg".

I   25 penniä red
II   25 penniä yellowish brown

1899 As 1898, but inscription is now "Jokkis jernväg / Jokioisten rautatie", line perforation 11½.

1   25 penniä red
2   50 penniä green

1901 New design, line perforation 11½.

3   25 penniä brown (shades) (1901)
4   20 penniä brown (shades) (1907)
5   25 penniä rose red (1917)
6   3 mk/20 p yellow olive (1925)
  I   small 3
  II   middle sized 3
  III   large 3
7   3 mk/25 p rose red (1925)
  I   small 3
8   3 markkaa yellow olive
  Hn   imperforated couble

1918 New design, inscription in Finnish and in Swedish, line perforation 11½, plenty of different shades.

9   1 markka blue
10   3 markkaa blue
11   3 markkaa orange

1927 As 1918, now inscription only in Finnish.

12   1 markka blue

1930 New design, line perforation 11, perforation on all sides of stamps.

13   3 markkaa bluish green
14   4 markkaa red
15   6 markkaa blue
16   6 markkaa brown
17   10 markkaa blue
18   10 markkaa yellow
19   10 markkaa violet brown

1930 Colour proofs, Hn=imperforated.

P 1 Hn 3 markkaa purple
P 2 Hn 3 markkaa yellow
P 3   6 markkaa green
  Hn    
P 4 Hn 6 markkaa blueish green
P 5 Hn 6 markkaa red
P 6 Hn 6 markkaa blue
P 7 Hn 6 markkaa brown
P 8 Hn 6 markkaa lilac brown
P 9   6 markkaa dark lilac brown
P 10 Hn 6 markkaa bright purple
P 11   6 markkaa dark brownish violet
P 12   6 markkaa lilac carmine
  Hn    
P 13 Hn 10 markkaa light blue
P 14 Hn 10 markkaa dark blue
P 15   10 markkaa light green
P 16   10 markkaa green
  Hn    
P 17   10 markkaa brown
  Hn    
P 18   10 markkaa red
  Hn    
P 19   10 markkaa lilac carmine

Overprint with large numerals.

20   15 / 3 mk green (1946)
21   20 / 4 mk red (1946)
22   30 / 10 mk violet brown (1948)
  I   wide 30
  I v   inverted overprint
  II   narrow 30
23   50 / 6 mk blue
  I   wide 50
  II   narrow 50

Overprint with middle sized numerals.

24   5 / 6 mk yellow (1950)
25   20 / 4 mk red (1951)
26   30 / 3 mk green (1951)
27   50 / 4 mk red (1950)
28   50 / 6 mk blue (1948)
  Hn   imperforated in right
29   75 / 10 mk blue (1951)

Violet hand overprint.

30   5 / 4 mk red (1948)

Overprint with small numerals.

31   20 / 4 mk red (1953)
32   30 / 3 mk green (1953)

1950 As 1930, but now printed in two stages, the value numeral printed separately.
The value numerals were printed either with small (height 2 mm), or medium sized (height 3 mm)
or tall numbers (height 4 mm). Size of sheet 5 x5 = 25 stamps. First the sheets had wide margins
and all stamps were perforated (I). Later, starting in 1954, the outer margins were cut of and
left without perferation (II). Thus every corner stamp (positions 1, 5, 21, 25) is performed on two
sides only.

A = perferation 10¾
B = perferation 11¼

I = sheet is perforated also in the margins
II = sheet margins are without perferation

tall numerals = height 4 mm
medium sized numerals = 3 mm
small numerals = 2 mm

33 B I tall 5 markkaa black on a yellow paper (1953)
34 B I tall 5 markkaa black on a blue paper (1954)
35 B II medium 5 markkaa black on a blue paper (1954)
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
36 B II tall   (1956)
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
37 B II medium 5 markkaa green on a light green paper (1958)
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
38 B II medium 5 markkaa green on a blue paper (1959)
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
39 B II medium 30 markkaa green on a white paper (1954, 1958-1962) also imperforated copies
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
40 B II tall   (1956)
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
41 A I medium 40 markkaa black on a green paper (1950)
42 A I tall   (1952)
43 B I small   (1953)
44 B II medium   colour of paper from green to almost white (1957)
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
45 A I tall 50 markkaa black on a salmon red paper (1952)
46 B I tall    
47 B II tall 50 markkaa black on a lilac carmine paper (1956)
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from lefht margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
48 B II medium   (1957)
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
49 A I small 100 markkaa black on an orange yellow paper
  Hn   horizontally imperforated
50 B I small    
51 B II medium 100 markkaa black on a light salmon red paper
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
52 B II medium 100 markkaa green on an orange yellow paper (1954)
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
53 B II medium 100 markkaa green on a paper from lemon yellow to almost white
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
54 B II medium 200 markkaa black on a salmon red paper
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right corner
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
55 B I medium 300 markkaa black on a white paper (1953)
56 B I small   (1956)
57 B II medium   (1957)
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right margin
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin
58 A II medium 500 markkaa black on a lemon yellow paper (1950)
59 B I   (1954)
60 B II medium   (1957-1962)
  a   perforated on all sides
  b   stamp from upper left corner
  c   stamp from upper right corner
  d   stamp from lower left corner
  e   stamp from lower right margin
  f   stamp from upper margin
  g   stamp from left margin
  h   stamp from right margin
  i   stamp from lower margin

Overprint sheet margins are imperforated.

61   40 / 10 mk blue
62   200 / 4 mk red

1963 Money reform, overprints on old issues. I P (=penni) overprints

63   5 p/mk green on a blue paper (no. 38)
64   20/4 p/mk red (no. 31)
65   30 p/mk green on a white paper (no. 39)
66   40 p/mk black on a light greenish paper (no. 44)
67   50 p/mk black on a lilac paper (no. 48)
68   100 p/mk green on a lemon yellow paper (no. 53)
69   200 p/mk black on a salmon red paper (no. 54)
70   300 p/mk black on a white paper (no. 57)
71   500 p/mk black on a light yellow paper (no. 60)

1963 Money reform, overprints on old issues. II Overprint "black block", which covers the two zeros

72   1(00) mk green on a lemon yellow paper (no. 53)
73   2(00) mk black on a salmon paper (no. 54)
74   3(00) mk black on a white paper(no. 57)
75   5(00) mk black on a yellow paper (no. 60)

 

KARHULA / KARHULA-SUNILA

1900 Litography, line perferation 11½.

1   20 penniä blue

1926 Inscription "Karhulan rautatie".

2   4 markkaa black on a dark orange paper
3   6 markkaa black on a greenish grey paper

1930 New inscription "Karhulan-Sunilan".

4   3 markkaa black on a light bluegreen paper
5   4 markkaa black on a light yellow paper
6   6 markkaa black on a light yellow green paper
7   8 markkaa black on a bluish grey paper
8   10 markkaa black on a reddish brown paper

1946 As 1930, additional values.

9   15 markkaa black on a yellow paper
10   20 markkaa black on a brownish orange paper
11   25 markkaa black on a greyish olive paper
12   30 markkaa black on a yellow green paper

 

LOHJA (LOJO)

1912 Line perforated 11½, margins of the sheet are imperforated.

1   10 penniä grey black
2   20 penniä grey black
3   50 penniä brownish black

1919 As 1912, additional value.

4   1 markka black

LOVIISA / LOVISA-WESIJÄRVI

1904 Litography, very clear detail in design, line perforated 11½.

1   25 penniä orange red
2   50 penniä lilac
3   1 markka green

1913/1915 Additional values and new colours, blurred printing.

4   25 penniä red
5   40 penniä red
6   60 penniä violet

1916 New type of numerals, blurred printing.

7   40 penniä orange
  Hn   horisontally imperforated
  KH   double perferation
  Kv   right curve around 40 defective
8   60 penniä lilac
  Kv   right curve around 60 defective

1917 Slighly different design, e.g. letter L not anymore pointing down, perferation 11½.

9   5 penniä lilac
10   5 penniä brown
  KH   double perferation
11   10 penniä blue
12   25 penniä yellow
  Hn   imperforated
13   50 penniä blue (plenty of shades)
14   1 markka green
  Hh   vertically imperforated
  KH   double perforation
15   4 markkaa red
  RH   rought perforation
  KH   double perforation
16   10 markkaa olive yellow

1925/1932 New denominations and colours, perferation 11½.

17   1 markka green
  Hn1   imperforated at the top
  Hn2   imperferatd at foot
  KH   double perforation
18   6 markkaa violet
19   6 markkaa violet
20   8 markkaa green
21   8 markkaa blue

1938/1942 New perferation 11, different types of numerals.

22   4 markkaa dull brownish red
23   6 markkaa lilac
24   6 markkaa violet
25   8 markkaa blue
26   8 markkaa blue
27   10 markkaa green
  Hn   imperforated at foot
28   10 markkaa green
29   10 markkaa green
30   12 markkaa green
31   12 markkaa green
  Kv   defect 1 at the left

1944 Perferation 11, set with ordinary numerals.

32   1 markka green
  RH   rought perforation
  KP   numerals in double print
  Kv   right curve broken at left
33   4 markkaa salmon red
  X   wide distance between the numerals
34   6 markkaa violet
  RH   rought perforation
  Hn   imperforated at the left
  X   left 6 higher than the right 6
35   8 markkaa blue
  RH   rought perforation
  Kv   right curve broken at left
36   10 markkaa brown
  RH   rought perforation
  Kv   right curve broken at left
37   15 markkaa green
  RH   rought perforation
  Hn   imperforated at foot
  Kv   right curve broken at left
  X   numerals close to each other
38   20 markkaa red
  RH   rought perforation

1946 Overprints.

39   5 / 10 mm brown
  X   original numerals shifted
  Y   overprint inverted
40   30 / 6 mk violet
  RH   rought perforation
  Hn   imperforated at the right
41   40 / 8 mk blue
42   50 / 20 mk red
  Hn   imperforated at the left
  X   shifted overprint

1946 New design in Finnish.

43   5 markkaa brown
44   10 markkaa brown
45   15 markkaa green
  X   print and perforation shift
  Kv1   1 at right is missing
  Kv2   1 at left is missing
46   20 markkaa red
47   30 markkaa violet
48   40 markkaa blue

1948 Overprints.

49   5 / 10 mk brown
50   50 / 20 mk red
  X   shifted overprint
51   60 / 15 mk green
  Kv1   1 at right is missing
  Kv2   1 at left is missing
  X   shifted overprint

1950 New denominations.

52   50 mk brown
53   75 mk yellow
54   200 mk blue
55   500 mk grey
  RH   rought perforation

1951 New smaller design.

56   50 mk brownish grey
  Hn   imperforated

MÄNTTÄ

1919 Litography, line perforation 11½ x 11.

1   1 markka dark blue on a light violet paper

 

NYKARLEBY (UUSIKAARLEPYY)

1899 Litography, line perforated 11½, 10 triangles at the foot of the design.

1   25 penniä greyish green
2   40 penniä reddish brown
3   60 penniä brown orange

1903 As 1899, but small differences in the design,
for exemple now 12 small triangles at the lower margin of the design, line perforated 11½.

4   25 penniä greyish green
5   40 penniä reddish brown

1910 As 1903, but now line perforated 13.

6   25 penniä greyish green
7   40 penniä brown
8   60 penniä red

PORVOO-KERAVA (BORGÅ-KERVO)

1876 Dark lilac thick paper, rouletted 14¾.

1   25 penniä black

1878 Dark lilac thin paper, perforation 11½.

2   25 penniä black
3   50 penniä black

1880 Dark lilac thin paper, ponted or rought perforation 12¾.

4   25 penniä black
  TH   pointed perforation
  RH   rought perforation

1884 coloured paper, perforated 12¾.

5   50 penniä black on a blue paper
6   70 penniä black on a chamois paper

1888 New design, line perforation 11½, below the numeral "Borgå-Kervo banan",
lenght of which can be on 30 penni stamps 19 mm or 17 mm.

7   30 penniä blue
  I   Borgå-Kervo 19 mm
  II   Borgå-Kervo 17 mm
8   40 penniä orange
9   50 penniä black on a red lilac paper
10   1 markka black

1892 As 1888, blue or violet hand overprint.

11   25 / 30 penniä (8 II) blue
12   25 / 40 penniä (9)

1893 As 1888, but now below the numeral "Borgå jernväg", perforation 11½.

13   25 penniä blue

1898 As 1893, but now imperforated, "seven sun rays".

14   25 penniä red

1903 As 1898, but small differences in the design, "five sun rays".

15   25 penniä  
  a   dark red
  b   light red
  c   salmon pink

1913 New design, line perforation 11½.

16   40 penniä carmine
  KH   double perforation
  Hn   imperforated at bottom
17   60 penniä lilac

RAAHE (BRAHESTAD)

1900 Litography, line perforation 11½.

1   25 penniä red
2   50 penniä green

1913 New denominations, line perforation 13.

3   40 penniä dark chamois
4   60 penniä ultramarin
5   1 markka grey brown

1917 New denominations, line perforation 11½.

6   50 penniä carmine
  Hn   horizontally imperforated
7   75 penniä green
8   3 markkaa grey violet
  KH   double perforation

RAUMA

1897-1902 Litography, line perforation 11½ or rouletted.

1   25 penniä blue
  I   height of design is 34½mm
  II   height of design is 34mm
2   50 penniä brownish red
  A   sawtooth rouletted
  B   one horisontal side rouletted in lines, others sawtooth roul
  C   both horisontal sides rouletted in lines, sawtooth rouletted at left and rigth
3   50 penniä red, at foot "L&H", line perforated 11½

1913 New design, line perforated 13, (sometimes defective perforation).

4   40 penniä blueish green
5   60 penniä reddish brown
6   1 markka grey

1919 New design, typography, line perforated 11½, sheet margins imperforated.

7   50 penniä red
8   1 markka grey
  A   1 with "nose"
  B   1 without "nose"
    X sawtooth rouletted at foot instead of perforation
    Y sawtooth rouletted at top instead of perforation
9   2 markkaa green
10   4 markkaa blue

1934 As 1919, but size of design now smaller = 23mm x 34mm, sheet margins imperforated.

11   1 markka yellow
12   4 markkaa blue
13   6 markkaa green
14   8 markkaa red
15   10 markkaa grey

1942 As 1934, but now thinner numerals, sheet margins imperforated.

16   6 markkaa green
17   8 markkaa red
  I   big "8"
  II   small "8"
18   10 markkaa grey
19   20 markkaa brown

1945 New design, line perforated 11, sheet margins imperforated.

20   1 markka yellow
21   5 markkaa green
  TA   offset
22   10 markkaa red
  TA   offset
  KH   double perferation
23   20 markkaa brown
24   30 markkaa blue
25   50 / 1 markkaa black overprint on a yellow

 

RIIHIMÄKI-LOPPI

1919-1922 Litography, line perforation 11½ A or 12 B.

1   25 penniä green
  A   perforation 11½
  B   perforation 11½
  Hn   vertically imperforated
2   25 penniä brown
  B   perforation 12
3   35p / 25p violet overprint on green
  B   perforation 12
4   50 penniä brown orange
  A   perforation 11½
5   1 markka brown carmine
  A   perforation 11½
  B   perforation 12
  Hn1   imperforated at right
  Hn2   imperforated
6   1,25 markkaa blue
  A   perforation 11½
7   2 markkaa green
  B   perforation 12

Published 05.04.1999 Updated 21.10.1999 Copyright © 1999 Netnic Tmi All rights reserved.