Links to related topic sites
Follow the links below to see material on topics related to Seaposts, the Travelling Post Office and Railway Post Offices. There are also links to philatelic exhibits and research resources. Please let our webmaster know by e-mail if you find new links we should add, or if any links are broken.
Seapost and Maritime oriented links
Norway Heritage with links to sailing dates from Europe to USA 1870 - 1905
Shipping Arrivals at Ellis Island - dates of passenger arrivals from Europe
British India Steam Navigation
Australia - UK Mails: The Accountancy Period by Colin Tabeart, GB
Shipspotting.com ship photo community
The (US) Navy Department Library
(Ship) Files in the (US) Navy Department Library
Passenger steamships from or via Turku, Finland
Universal Ship Cancellation Society
The Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives: Social and Cultural History with historical documents from the 1800s through 1954 with concentrations in Steamship and Ocean Liner documents.
Marine Traffic website indicates current locations of ships at sea
The following links may be of interest to train wreck and maritime collectors as they are sources of background information for wreck, crash and interrupted mail covers
North East Rails 1960-9 Railroad Accidents and Wrecks
Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis Web Site
Railroad Industry Resource Center
David Morrison for Train Crash Mail and maritime Wreck covers
The following general philatelic links may be of use
British Library Philatelic Collections
Philatelic Bibliopole: Leonard H. Hartmann philatelic literature
HH Sales Ltd.: Philatelic literature specialists and publishers
Twelveheads Press publishers of books about South West England including Plymouth and its Liners and worldwide mail handling.
PAPERSPAST digitized New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The collection covers the years 1839 to 1945.
TROVE Australian newspapers, books, journals, photographs, letters, and more have been digitized by the National Library of Australia.
Frajola Internet Resources for Postal History Research
The following general philatelic sites reciprocate links to our site.
Hampshire Philatelic Federation links page
Travelling Post Office & Railway oriented links
Travelling Post Offices of Queensland
Revenue and Railway Stamps of Australia by Dave Elsmore
Railway, Steamship, and Carrier Stamps of Norway
Estonian Railway Travelling Post Office Cancellations 1991-92
Internationale Motivgruppe Eisenbahnwesen
German RPO Group
Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Bahnpost
The Railway Mail Service Library
The "Fast Mail": A History of the U.S. Railway Mail Service
The Railway Mail Service by Colonel Thomas P. Cheney, originally published in 1884.
Mail Car at the Smithsonian's
National Postal Museum
Casey Jones Railroad Unit of ATA
Railroad Maps of the USA 1828-1900
Railway Vehicle Preservations Ltd, Leicestershire
Guides to the UK
Post Office Museum Collections and Archives
Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands
Philatelic Rail and Maritime resources / exhibits
HAMBURGER STRASSENBAHNPOST by Heinz K. SELIG, Germany
RAILWAY MAIL IN SCHAUMBURG by by Heinz K. SELIG, Germany
BAHNPOST DER RINTELN-STADTHAGENER EISENBAHN (German TPO) by Heinz K. SELIG, Germany
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, RAILWAY POST OFFICE POSTMARKS USED IN SOUTHERN MANITOBA by Robert (Bob) Lane, Canada
US Railroad Contract Mails, the First Four Decades by Hugh Feldman, UK
Mail between BNA and UK, 1766 - 1875 by David Handelman, Canada
Study of Philadelphia - GB transatlantic mails pre-1775 to 1875 by John Barwis, USA
1857 Treaty Mail to France, the Philadelphia Exchange Office by Richard Frajola, USA
The 1857 Postal Treaty Between U.S. and France Carried by the French Line (LIGNE H) by Richard Frajola, USA
Packet Mail between France and the USA, 1783-1793 a one frame exhibit by Steve Walske, USA
Packet Mail Between US & France, 1840 - 1875 a collection of Steve Walske, USA, as exhibited at WESTPEX 2011 (8 frames).
French Packet Sailings between New York and France 1783-1793 - Sailing Schedule and Newspaper Data [large pdf file]. Compiled by John Olenkiewicz and Steve Walske, USA
British Packet Sailings: 1755-1790, New York-Falmouth compiled by John Olenkiewicz (USA)[large pdf file].
The Arthur White Postal History Archive of transatlantic covers.
Mails: USA to Australia pre UPU by Dale Forster, USA
United States External Mail Routes: 1856 - 1870 by Dr. Armando Grassi Collection, USA
China Mail by American Clipper Ships by Richard C. Frajola, USA
