TPO & Seapost Society Home and News Page
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
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 2025 AGM are here
Current TPO Journal
The Summer 2026 Journal, number 372, has been mailed.
The contents are listed below.
The Summer 2026 auction
closes on the 15th July 2026.
Recent Website Updates
See US Seapost cover images from "Seaposts of the USA" by Roger Hosking on our publications page.
The Holyhead and Kingstown Mail Service Contract 11 November 1920 [The H&K Packet Contract with LNWR] has been added to the Resources page here.
See a recent article by Mike Dovey published in the Gibbons Stamp Monthly.
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.
Latest addition is The Railway Stamps of Great Britain, 1891 - 1934 by Joana Kleinsorge and Richard Frajola
Also, the 1920 H&K Packet Contract with LNWR.
1893 Midland Day / Up / TPO on cover to New York, USA discussed in the current TPO Journal
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The Summer 2026 edition of the TPO Journal is now available with the following content: |
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| British Sea Post Office - Liverpool - Part 2 | Up Special Travelling Post Office & Great Northern Sorting Tender |
| Mails across the Isthmus and the British Postal Agency at Panama | Inland Mail Surcharged in Transit at Crewe - 2 |
| 1879 Letter to Para, Brazil | The Christmas Limerick Sorting Carriage |
| Ireland - 1893 Midland Day / Up / TPO to New York, USA | GT WESTERN DIST SORTG. CAR. - Bag Seal Impression on a Postage Stamp? |
| China - an Update | The TPO Postcards of the LNWR |
| Ipswich Sorting Tender / Carriage | |
| Next Auction | Copy and Publishing dates for the Journal |
Please look at the Contact page to see our current cover choices. You may also return to the Welcome Page or go to the site map.
