North America
Canada

166 1898 While this is not a railway topical stamp, it is cancelled as "Levis & Richmond RPO". Courtesy Vince Chermishnok

535 1963 Honouring the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Casimir Gzowski, prominent pioneer railway civil engineer. 1813-1963

673 1970 Honouring Sir Donald Alexander Smith, mover and shaker at the fledgling CPR, who drove the last spike at Craiguellachie, BC in 1885. Born 1820, died 1914
Canada - First Day Covers and Pre-paid cards and envelopes

Pre-paid envelopes. The reverse of the envelope advises: Passenger engine No. 93 was operated by the Grand Trunk Railway. The locomotive was built at the Grand Trunk Works in Montreal in 1881. A 4-4-0 type, the engine weighed 4,452 kg (98,000 lb) and had 198 cm (78") driving wheels

Pre-paid envelopes. With respect to the lower envelope, the reverse advises: Faced with increasing competition from highway transport after the 1914-18 war, railway companies began to acquire more economical self-propelled rail cars. This six-cylinder gasoline-powered car, built by the Ledoux-Jennings Company of Montreal, carried mail, baggage, and passengers on the Temiscouata Railway from 1933 to the early 1940's

Pre-paid envelopes. With respect to the lower envelope, the reverse advises: Built by Ottawa Car Mfg. Co. Ltd. in the early 1900s, street car 423 was specifically designed as a mail-handling car. The vehicle was 36½ feet long, 10½ feet high and eight feet wide. It was converted to a wrecking car about 1912 and later equipped as a sand car

Pre-paid envelopes. The reverse advises: Built by Ottawa Car Mfg. Co. Ltd. in the early 1900s, street car 423 was specifically designed as a mail-handling car. The vehicle was 36½ feet long, 10½ feet high and eight feet wide. It was converted to a wrecking car about 1912 and later equipped as a sand car