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Celebrating 150 Yrs of the Feldkirch–Schaan–Buchs Railway

by catpaw | Aug 12, 2022

Feldkirch–Schaan–Buchs Railway line is celebrating it’s 150th anniversary with a tri-country stamp set. Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland are issuing a trio of stamps and cancels plus 4 FDCs to coincide with a special fall event.

Collectors of Austrian stamps should recognise the sets designers – David Grub, of Vienna and Marion Füllerer, of St. Pölten. They have created many beautiful stamps and covers for Österreich Post over the years. Check out the 2021 and 2022 Austrian stamp pages to see their work. Their design features three main stops – Feldkirch, Austria, Schaan Liechtenstein, and Buchs, Switzerland.

The service, which began operation on October 24, 1872, is an 18.52 km (11.51 mi) trip. Three trains were selected to represent each stop. The first is a 1927 steam engine from Austria. The second, from Liechtenstein features the 2004 electric ÖBB 4024 traction train. And finally, Switzerland shows off a light electric SBB Re 4/4 that ran along the route between 1964 and 1985.

Along with a mini sheet containing all three stamps, each country will issue a separate mini-sheet, with only one postal stamp. I’m currently waiting for Austria to issue theirs. When it arrives, I’ll add it below. You can quickly tell which country the sheet is from by spotting the stamp with perforations.

There will also be a series of FDCs to accompany the stamps. In total, there will be 4 to chase down – one with all three stamps and cancels from each postal authority. The remaining FDCs feature a mini sheet from the relevant country with the single stamp clearly canceled Again, I’m waiting on Austria’s FDC info so I can complete the images below, but here are the first three FDCs.

So far one maxi card is available from Liechtenstein featuring an early photo of the Schaan train station .

If you happen to be traveling through the region, you can join in a two day celebration in Feldkirch. If you want to score the special 3 cancel cover, this is the place to be.

150-Jahre_-Bahnstrecke_Info flyer Feldkirch–Schaan–Buchs Railway

Make your way to the Levis rectory, Mutterstrasse 73, A-6800 Feldkirch, for 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The joint issues will be officially released at a 1 pm ceremony. The event will run Friday, 9 September 2022, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to Saturday, 10 September 2022, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. And they have snacks! If you manage to attend, send photos of the event! I’d love to add them to this page.

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