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(This page is currently being edited to include a list of topics at the top. Meanwhile, the page will be kept online – please ignore the temporary changes at the top of the page.)

CLICK HERE to view a Bibliography of references to Other railway interests

Apart from the main areas of railway philatelic interest listed on the Home page, there are a many other types of railway post stamps, labels and stationery which may interest you …

1.  Railway Perfins

Private companies who used the railway regularly for sending parcels often kept large stocks of railway company stamps. As a security measure to prevent (or at least deter) theft of these stamps, the private companies would often punch small perforations called perfins in each stamp.