For this second book in the Transport Philately series on public
transport issues featured on postage stamps, once again the author
will combine two of his life-long hobbies as he looks at railways
around the world on standard gauge tracks that encompasses the
majority of the western worlds major railway arteries. The book
will also illustrate railways on other, similar gauges of track
where they constitute a countrys major arteries, but it is not an
exhaustive survey encompassing every country and every issue for
that one needs to refer to major catalogue issues by such
well-known authorities as Stanley Gibbons Plc. There have been many
and varied reasons why postal authorities have issued stamps
featuring railway subjects, varying from major anniversaries to
national pride, the latter often from the former Eastern-bloc
countries but that is not by all means. The Royal Mail in the UK
has certainly not ignored railways, especially in later years, and
the author will visit probably more of his native country's stamps
than most other countries, but hes biased. The author often looks
in his albums to try to understand why a particular country will
sometimes be represented by bulging sections, whilst others are
represented by but one or two stamp. And so, the book follows the
story around the world in roughly an eastern journey, learning
about some of the national histories on the way and admiring the
attentions of some extremely accomplished artists that mean
philatelists and rail-lovers alike can enjoy many beautiful
miniature works of art.
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