Postal History from Finland 1889 - 1918


Finnish Postmarks

Railway postmarks - POSTKUPE-type




FINSKA POST KUPEN No 4 21 I 1893
This type of postmark was used 1883 - 1893. Found with numbers 4 and 8 - 17.
Route 4 was Helsinki - Turku.



POST KUPEN No 7 SUOMI FINLAND 45 20. VII 89
Route 7 was Helsinki-Toijala-Turku-Toijala-Turku from 1876 to 1889, and from 1889 to 1923 Seinäjoki-Oulu (1904-1909 Seinäjoki-Tornio).
45 is the station number which in 1889 on this route was Leppäkoski.
This postmark was used 1888 - 1893 and found with route numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7.



FINSKA POSTKUPEN No 4 7 II 93
This type of postmark was used 1883 - 1892. Found with numbers 1 - 10.
Route 4 was Helsinki - Turku.



POSTKUPEN FINLAND No 5 31. V 93 H.-T.
This postmark was used 1892 - 1893. Found with numbers 5 and 6.
Route Helsinki - Toijola (later Tampere)



HANGÖ-HYVINGE POSTKUPÉN N1 4 9 1893
This postmark was used 1886 - 1893. Found with route number 1 and 2.