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The Autumn 2016 Journal, number 333, is being mailed. The contents are listed below. The auction list is posted for September - October 2016.
Come and meet us in 2016
We will be at the following venues in 2016: HAMPEX and Stafford
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.
- HAMPEX, Saturday October 15th, at Wickham, Hampshire, PO17 5AL
- Stafford Stamp Show Winter Fair, 5th & 6th November, Staffordshire County Showground, Ingestre Suite, Weston Road, Stafford ST18 0BD, (J R S Fairs)
New Publications
- Members Keith Morris and Mike Dovey have published "The Travelling Post Office Cancellations of Great Britain & Ireland". Click for ordering details.
- Member Colin Tabeart has published his "Robertson Revisited Second Supplement 2016" as an online down load available here. It is now also available in A4 print format, see Publications Page.
- Member Mike Dovey has published "Maritime Mail Cancellations of Great Britain". Click here for ordering details.
Research Resources
Census of the Liverpool Floating Receiving House mark by Julian Tweed.
Catalogue of Hungary TPO Marks by Lutz Ihnken. Member input is sought to improve the listing.
Census of BIRMINGHAM SHIP mark: click here.
Instructions for operating the US-German joint Sea Post Offices: click here.
Survey of German and American ships on the North Atlantic route
Check your collection of German / American Sea Post Office cancels against this survey and report any new information.
Letter addressed to San Francisco with Australian stamps cancelled by a AUCKLAND NZ LOOSE LETTER circular date stamp, discussed in the Autumn edition of the Journal [C Tabeart].
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The Autumn 2016 edition of the TPO Journal is now available with the following content: |
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| Loose Letters - what were the markings for? | The London & Holyhead TPO (American Mails) |
| Liverpool Floating Receiving House – A Census and an update on the Liverpool Landing Stage | Shortest TPO Route – Eupatoria – Simferopol in the Crimea, Russia |
| Czechoslovakia Aircraft Post Office Operations -1 | Indian Mobile Post Offices 1938-1958 - 3 |
| H&K Packet - Interesting Transatlantic Usage | Russia - A TPO on the Trans-Siberian Railway |
| Fragile Mail Unsuitable for Transfer by the Mail Apparatus - 2 | Caledonian Travelling Post Office - Late Use of W658d Mark |
| The SS President Jefferson | Suriname - Paramaribo Treinpost |
| Mystery 'Paquebot' Mark | Crewe to Liverpool Sorting Carriage |
| MS Nordnorge | Swedish Railway TPO collection |
| Birmingham New Street Station | Carlisle & Ayr Railway Sorting Tender |
| Kadina Railway TPO | |
| AGM and Members' Meeting in London | Next Auction |
| Realisations from past auctions are now listed only on our Auction Page | |
| Our Library Notes include recently received Journals from related societies such as Berichte Bahnpost (Journal of the Federal TPO Study Group (in German), received every 6 months; Railway Philately (Journal of The Railway Philatelic Group); Transit Postmark Collector (Journal of the Mobile Post Office Society); British Postmark Society Journal (Journal of the British Postmark Society); and Friends of the M30272M Group. The TPO & Seapost Society is a supporting member of the Friends of the M30272M Group and receives their occasional newsletter “Wansford Mail”, back copies of which are available from the Library. Railway Mail Service Library by Frank Scheer details of the repairs and improvements to the Library and Museum buildings in the former Norfolk & Western RR station at Boyce, Virginia. Details can be found at www.railwaymailservicelibrary.org. Also see our Links page. | |
| Copy and Publishing dates for the Journal | |
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