Jokioisten Museorautatie

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On Sunday 18th of June Jokioinen Museum Railway will publish a postage stamp. The picture in a stamp is similar to ones used on railway parcel stamps of Finnish railways. On Sunday 18th of June at the Minkiö station there is a possibility to buy the stamp together with a special cancellation. On the same day there are special 1901 H.K. Porter hauled steam trains running from Humppila station.

Jokioinen railway was the last railway in Finland to use railway parcel stamps. Railway parcel stamps were used on parcels sent by rail the same way as postage stamps are used for postal parcels and letters. Jokioinen railway cased to use the railway parcel stamps in 1963.