Postal History from Finland 1889 - 1918

Railway postmarks or TPO (Traveling Post Office) cancellation

K.P.X.P. No

please note this i my collection and study - not a complete list of postmarks - as far as I know several more is found - in total about 70 different sub-types ....

so additional information and offer of material is very welcome



K.P.X.P. No 1	Helsinki - St.Petersburg		1894

28 mm, 6+6 bars,
			Russian text removed is not known

K.P.X.P. No 2	St. Petersborg - Helsinki		1894

28 mm, 6+6 bars
			Russian text removed is not known

K.P.X.P. No 3	Helsinki-Toijala-Turku		1894 - 1903
	Helsinki-Turku		1903 - 1918

28 mm, 6+6 bars,			6+6 bars **
			Russian text removed

K.P.X.P. No 4	Turku-Toijala-Helsinki		1894 - 1903
	Turku-Helsinki		1903 - 1918
			missing help is welcome!
27� mm, 6+6 bars
			Russian text removed

K.P.X.P. No 5	Toijala-Tampere-Vaasa		1894 - 1918
			missing help is welcome!
28 mm, 6+6 bars,	28 mm, no bars,
			Russian text removed
K.P.X.P. No 5 H.T	Toijala-Tampere-Vaasa
			missing help is welcome!
28 mm, no bars, HT	27 mm, 6+6 bars, HT	28 mm, 8+8 bars, HT
			Russian text removed

K.P.X.P. No 6	Vaasa-Tampere-Toijala		1894 - 1918
			missing help is welcome!
27 mm, 6+6 bars	27 mm, no bars
			Russian text removed
K.P.X.P. No 6 HT	Vaasa-Tampere-Toijala		1894 - 1918
			missing help is welcome!
27 mm, 6+6 bars, HT	28 mm, no bars, HT
			Russian text removed

K.P.X.P. No 7	Vaasa-Sein�joki-Oulu-Kemi		1894 - 1917

27 mm, 8+8 bars	27 mm, 7+7 bars	27 mm, 6+6 bars / 1 *	27 mm, 6+6 bars / 3 *
			Known with Russian text removed

K.P.X.P. No 8	Kemi-Oulu-Seinäjoki-Vaasa		1894 - 1918

27 mm, 6+6 bars	27 mm, 6+6 bars	27 mm, 6+6 bars	27 mm, 6+6 bars
type 1	type 2	type 3	type 4
type 1: Nov 1893-Oct 1906 - distance distance between o and 8 in Russian text
type 2: Nov 1893-Oct 1906 - no or small distance between o and 8 in Russian text
type 3: Nov 1906 - 1918 - much like type 1 but nt same period of use and sligthly different stars
type 4: Nov 1906 - 1918 - 3 stars om each side of bridge
type 5: 1918 - Mar 1919 - this is type 4 with Russian text removed

K.P.X.P. No 9	Kouvola-Kuopio		1894-1917
			missing help is welcome!
27 mm, 7+7 bars		27 mm, 7+8 bars
			Russian text removed

K.P.X.P. No 10	Kuopio-Kouvola		1894 - 1916
			missing help is welcome!
27 mm, 7+7 bars		27 mm, 6+7 bars
			Russian text removed


K.P.X.P. No 11	Helsinki-St. Petersburg		1893 - 1894
	Tampere-Pori		1895 - 1900
	Helsinki-Pori		1900 - 1912
			missing help is welcome!
27 mm, 6+6 bars	7+7 bars	27 mm, 8 +8 bars **
			Russian text removed

K.P.X.P. No 12	St.petersburg-Helsinki		1894
	Pori-Tampere		1895 - 1900
	Pori-Helsinki		1900 - 1916
			missing help is welcome!
27 mm, 7+7 bars	27 mm, 7+7 bars	27 mm, 7+7 bars
			Russian text removed

K.P.X.P. No 13	Viipuri-Joensuu		1894 - 1918

27 mm, 6+6 bars		P.K.X.P. No 13i
		?+6 bars
		click stamp for big JPG
K.P.X.P. No 14	Joensuu-Viipuri		1894 - 1918

27 mm, 7+7 bars	27 mm, 7+7 bars
	(star upside down)

P.K.X.P. No 14a


6+6 bars **

K.P.X.P. No 15	Hyvink��-Hankö		1900 - 1908

28 mm, 7+7 bars
			Russian text removed is not known


K.P.X.P. No 16	Hankö-Hyvinkää		1899 - 1913

27 mm, 7+7 bars
my dates:	8.II.00	8.VI.14	Russian text removed is not known

K.P.X.P. No 17	Helsinki-Turku		1900 - 1917
			missing help is welcome!
28 mm, 7+7 bars	28 mm, 5 bars, hour in bridge
			Russian text removed


K.P.X.P. No 18	Turku-Helsinki		1900 - 1918
			missing help is welcome!
28 mm, 7+7 bars	29 mm, 5+5 bars hour in bridge
			Russian text removed

K.P.X.P. No 19	Helsinki-Turku		1900 - 1914

27 mm, 6+6 bars
			Russian text removed is not known


K.P.X.P. No 20	Turku-Helsinki		1900 - 1918

27 mm, 5+5 bars
			Russian text removed is not known