Two
stamps from a booklet of
eight stamps showing different means of postal conveyance in Norway.
Both stamps show scenes from Oslo. First we are on the corner of the
streets Tollbugaten and Akersgaten in the inner city of Oslo,
sometime in the middle of the 1920s. It is an early summer morning,
just after rainfall, and the sun is rising in the background. Notice
the clock on the corner building, it is 6.30 a.m. The only activity
to be seen is a loaded post van. A double track tramline is seen in
the foreground waiting for the morning tram to pass. On the
coverphoto of the
booklet you can catch sight of "Vestbanestasjonen" (the West
Station) from the air.
Catalogue Nos.: Sc 1128 / SG 1239 / Mi 1220 / YT / NK 1269
Here
we have moved to one of the railway stations in Oslo, i.e.
"Østbanestasjonen" (the
East Station). It is some 30 years later and mail is being
loaded into a travelling postal van. The van is type DFo from
1954-55. On the older van to the right, one can also notice a
mailbox cover. In Norway mail transportation by railway was first
established in 1856 on "Hovedbanen". Unfortunately the last
operational TPO in Norway was closed down in the year 1991.
Catalogue Nos.: Sc 1130 / SG 1241 / Mi 1222 / YT / NK 1271
