Europe - Western - Continental

Common Terms and Abbreviations

Austria

812-814 1937. Commemorating 100 years of Austrian railways

1080 1947 948 1945, Krauselklause Railway Viaduct

1089 1090 1091 1092 1095 1948. Reconstruction

1364 1961. European Conference of Transport Ministers

1392 1962. Commemorating 125 years of Austrian Railways

1408 1963. Day of the Postage Stamp. Vienna post office with car barn

1505 1967. Celebrating 100 years of the Brennerbahn

1626 1971. Electric train on the Semmering line

1719 1974. 100 years Universal Postal Union

1793-1795 1977. Commemorating 140 years of Austrian railways

1800 1978. Underground train Vienna

1857 1979. 100 years Raab-Oedenburg Ebenfurter Railway

1937 1982. 150 years first horse-drawn railway Linz-Freistadt-Budweis

1980 1983. 100 years first Austrian electric railway Modling-Hinterbrühl

2027 1984. 100 years Arlberg Bahn. On the Schanatobel bridge

2028 1984. 75 years Tauernbahn. On the Falkenstein bridge

2099 1986. 100 years of the Salzburg Lokalbahn

2202 1989. 100 years Achensee Bahn (cog railway)

Belgium

1275 1949. 100 years of methods of mail transportation

1584 1956. Electrification of the Brussels- Luxembourg line

2108 1969. Day of the Postage Stamp

2074 1972. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the UIC, or the International Union of Railways, created in 1922 with the aim of standardizing industry practices

2074 1972 FDC 50th anniversary UIC

2446 1976. Opening of the Brussels Metro underground railway

2745-2747 1983. Development of urban tramways

2757 1983. "Night trains", by Paul Delvaux, a Belgian surrealist painter

2826 Class 18 (1896) 2827 locomotive "Elephant" (1835) 2828 Class 23 tank engine (1904) 2829 Class 1 Pacific-type (1935) 1985. Commemorating the development of Belgian steam locomotives

MS2830 1985. Commemorating 150 years of Belgian railways, also some centenaries

Belgium Parcel Post
Belgium is unique in its issue of many series of parcel post stamps. Featured here are some representative issues, although some series are by no means complete. In the case of tableaux, the lead catalogue number is identified. There were some re-issues (in different colours) and some surcharges. For more information, the reader is advised to consult a stamp catalogue. Some of the high denomination and most mint stamps are rare and command high prices.