Postal History from Finland 1889 - 1918


Finnish Postmarks

Railway postmarks - Helsinki - St. Petersburg




28mm postmark with circle illustrating day-train
Used on both route No 1 and 2. (1894-1896)



This is the same postmark as above: 28mm postmark now without circle
Used on both route No 1 and 2. (1896-1914)



28mm postmark with big dot to illustrate night-crane
Used both route No 1 and 2. (1894-1914)



28mm postmark, small dot to illustrate night-crane
only used on route No 2 (1906-1914).
Now with star in circle between Swedish and Russian text.



26 mm postmark with 9 or 10 bars below lower bridge.
Used on both route No 1 and 2 (1897-1909)
This postmark is quite rare.


H:FORS - P-GRAD
27 mm postmark with small dot, only used on route No 2 (1914-1918).



H:FORS - P-GRAD
27 mm postmark without dot, only used on route No 2 (1914-1918).



H:FORS - P-GRAD
27 mm postmark without dot and Russian text removed, used on both route No 1 and 2 (1918).