 Paper,
pulp and wood-processing industries have always been an important
part of the economic life in Norway during the last centuries. This
stamp depicts a scene with a paper pulp mill in
Moss, an industrial town located at the east side of the
Oslofjord. The track of the
Østfold railway's western line passes in front of the factory.
On the stamp we can see the embankment. The line is one of the main
railways in Norway, starting in Oslo and leading southwards to
Sweden. It was opened as a standard gauge line in the year 1879, but
in the first period was called "Smaalensbanen". On the right, just
outside the stamp, a steel bridge takes the railway across the Moss
River, before it continues through the town. Today suburban, IC and
express trains make this the busiest single track section in Norway.
Catalogue Nos.: Sc 894 / SG 983 / Mi 948 / YT 904 / NK 996
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