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Come and meet us in 2026
- SWINPEX, Saturday June 13th, Grange Leisure & Community Centre, Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4JY.
- AGM by video conference, 2pm UK local time, Sunday 5th July 2026
- Midland Philatelic Federation, Sunday 15th November at Blessed George Napier School, Springfield Avenue, Banbury, OX16 9JD.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
Not only are we here to meet members and new faces but we bring items to sell:
covers and books to satisfy a wide variety of collecting interests. Make sure you stop by our table.
The Minutes of the 2026 AGM are here
Current TPO Journal
The Autumn 2026 Journal, number 373, has been mailed.
The contents are listed below.
The Autumn 2026 auction
closes on the 15th October 2026.
Recent Website Updates
Birmingham Ship Letter Census by member Ian Baker has been updated as of May 2026. The list is linked from this page.
Visit our Research Resources Page
Research and Survey / Census projects carried out by our members and articles of note published elsewhere by our members. Click to go to our Research Resources Page.
Recent additions:
Instructional Marks of the Travelling Post Office and Railway Mail Service of India by Christopher J S Bartlett, 2026
'U.S. SEA POST REG. / JUN 13 1912' [Hosking TA42], boxed ‘REGISTERED NO’, and adhesives cancelled by 'U.S. GERMAN SEA POST / JUN 13 1912 / 15' [Hosking TA 2]. ‘EXIN’ arrival hand stamp, 23rd June 1912. Postcard image courtesy Stephen Taylor. Discussed in the current TPO Journal
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The Autumn 2026 edition of the TPO Journal is now available with the following content: |
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| Mail Train Robbery at Euston Station, London, 1993 | Use of Registration marks on US-German Sea Post Office |
| The Highway Post Office Exhibit in Memphis, 1953 | Elusive Taxe Mark from the Valparaiso Seapost |
| Boulogne-Sur-Mer + BM in Oval | Dublin to Galway Railway and the Galway Line Steamship Company |
| A voice from the past - Manchester & Crewe SC | British Sea Post Office Liverpool - 3: Corroboration |
| Western Australia Great Southern Railway TPO | German Naval Ships with Postal Services in Hong Kong - 1 |
| The Railway Post Office | World Cup 1966, the Derby - Bristol TPO |
| Cornwall Railway Sorting Tender | Letters & Emails - Maritime |
| Mail Addressed to USA Landed at Queenstown Receives Dublin Taxe Mark and Queenstown Cancellation – Query and Help Required Please | |
| Next Auction | Copy and Publishing dates for the Journal |
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