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Tapera (train station/Bahnhof), Pernambuco (TPE-0620)

Pernambuco Railways 1898 (IBGE)

Tapera station was inaugurated in November 1888 by the E.F. Central de Pernambuco railway company (Central Line) in the Município of Jaboatão and was located about 40 km west of the provincial capital Recife. The line went to Great Western in 1904, to Rede Ferroviária do Nordeste in 1950 and to Rede Ferroviária Federal S.A. in 1975 until its closure in 1996. Since October 1928, the station has been in the Município of Moreno. Today, however, quite little remains of it (estacoesferroviarias.com.br):

Luiz Rubem Bonfim: E.F. Central de Pernambuco, 2002 (estacoesferroviarias.com.br)

Hard to believe, but there was a post office there from August 1889, as shown in the postal report (Boletim Postal) of the following month:

Boletim Postal 5, Sep/89

The station postmark in the 19th century is TPE-0620a (Col. Ginaldo Bezerra da Silva): a double circle with the inscriptions E. DA TAPERA above and (PERNAMBUCO) below. The only specimen seen has a date of 1891 in the centre.

estacoesferroviarias.com.br

Der Bahnhof Tapera wurde im November 1888 durch die E.F. Central de Pernambuco Bahngesellschaft (Zentrumlinie) im Município von Jaboatão eingeweiht und lag ca. 40 km westlich der Provinzhauptstadt Recife entfernt. Die Linie ging 1904 zur Great Western, 1950 zur Rede Ferroviária do Nordeste und 1975 bis zur Stilllegung 1996 zur Rede Ferroviária Federal S.A. Seit Oktober 1928 befindet sich der Bahnhof im Município von Moreno. Heute ist allerdings nicht viel davon übriggeblieben (estacoesferroviarias.com.br):

Luiz Rubem Bonfim: E.F. Central de Pernambuco, 2002 (estacoesferroviarias.com.br)

Kaum zu glauben, aber dort gab es ab August 1889 ein Postamt, wie aus dem Postbericht (Boletim Postal) vom darauffolgenden Monat hervorgeht:

Boletim Postal 5, Sept./89

Der Bahnhofsstempel im 19. Jahrhundert ist TPE-0620a (Col. Ginaldo Bezerra da Silva): ein Doppelkreis mit den Inschriften E. DA TAPERA oben und (PERNAMBUCO) unten. Das einzige gesehene Exemplar trägt in der Mitte die Jahreszahl 1891.

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By jmkarlsruhe

Brazilian-German philatelist who lives in Germany since 1981.

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