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March 2024
![A recent discovery](image3/tpo360_US_Sea_Post_Update_SS_Pres_Pierce.jpg)
Cover with 2 x USA stamps, an over-printed Philippine stamp, and 5 x Japanese stamps to make up the required rate for a “SPECIAL DELIVERY” mailed on board SS PRESIDENT PIERCE. The oval cancel “U.S SEA POST” is number TA 20 in Roger Hosking's Seaposts of the USA, published by TPO & Seapost Society in 2008. Now we can see the mark on cover.
March 2023
![Celebrating the Centenary of the first TPO](image3/tpo359_1938_TPO_Centenary_card.jpg)
The stationery card above which celebrates the centenary of the first TPO is cancelled by two strikes of the single circle Midland TPO / * / 6 JA / 1938 / Going South (W224b). Discussed in the Spring 2023 Journal.
September 2022
![Netherlands – A Rotterdam Brievenbus Mark](image3/tpo356_Rotterdam_Brievenbus.jpg)
The two line ROTTERDAM / [BRIEVENBUS] marking is on a cover with a cancelled stamp and the datestamp of the International TPO, ROTTERD – ANTWRN III (Rotterdam- Antwerp RPO) for the 14th May 1875. Discussed in the Summer 2022 Journal.
June 2022
![PAQUEBOT applied in land-locked Warrington!](image3/tpo356_Warrington_Paquebot.jpg)
Unusual places in which to find the application of PAQUEBOT marks as discussed in the Spring 2022 Journal
March 2022
![cancelled HOLYHEAD-LONDON T.P.O./ NIGHT](image3/tpo355_auction_lot118_basset_lowke_holyhead_london_tpo.jpg)
GB BASSET LOWKE illustrated cover addressed to Manchester with 2 x GVI penny red stamps cancelled 'HOLYHEAD-LONDON T.P.O./ NIGHT (W184r) 1 JY 38 '. Sold in our Spring 2022 auction.
December 2021
![Seapost MISSENT mark](image3/tpo353_Bermuda_1909_MISSENT.jpg)
Post card mailed from Bermuda to Watkins, NY, and sorted on board America Line's St Paul in February 1909. Paid 1d postcard rate: 'HAMILTON BERMUDA 15 FE 09' and 'UNITED STATES * SEA P.O. * FEB 20 duplex 4' [Hosking type TA23 without year] and 'MISSENT'. The Times of 19th Feb 1909 reports that mails are due from the USA via Plymouth on Feb 20th on the St Paul.
June 2021
![Posted on the H&K Packet boat Munster without paying a late fee](image3/tpo352_munster_h_k_packet_wo_late_fee.jpg)
Postal card mailed on board SS Munster in 1906 (M2) with the boxed 'POSTED WITHOUT LATE FEE' mark and the '1D' postage due mark used for underpaid mail on the Holyhead and Kingstown Packet boats.
March 2021
![CR mark of Caledonia Railway](image3/tpo351_Caledonia_Railway_Mark_NSW_to_Scotland.jpg)
Rare item posted at Hinton, New South Wales on 21st September 1864. This was stamped 'C R' in London on 16th November 1864, en route to Langholm, Dumfriesshire, via the Day Mail. Discussed in the Spring Journal 351.
December 2020
![German Seepost Office](image3/tpo350_Europa_Catapult_westbound_19300915.jpg)
September 1930 cover by the Norddeutscher Lloyd Europa on the first voyage using her catapult aircraft. Cancelled on board the westbound voyage and flown to New York.
October 2020
![Ocean Letter](image3/tpo348_lot167_ocean_letter_radio_ozean_brief_1929.jpg)
Germany "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST / LINIE / HAMBURG / NEW YORK / 12.1 .. / VII" on 'Radio Ocean Brief' cover to Scotland (Posted on the Milwaukee in service during 1929), from the July Auction
September 2020
![SAMOA PAQUEBOT](image3/tpo349_samoa_christmas_greeting_paquebot.jpg)
Christmas comes early - every year - in the southern pacific ocean.
September 2019
![Excitement at the TPO & Seapost Society Table at HAMPEX 2019](image3/Excitement_at_the_TPO-Society-Table_Hampex_2019.jpg)
Excitement at the TPO & Seapost Society Table at HAMPEX 2019 as we search for another book! Photo courtesy of Eddie Mays of Southampton DPS.
June 2019
![Hankow paquebot mark Hankow paquebot mark](image3/tpo344_Hankow_Paquebot_From_Steamer_Letter_Box_3.jpg)
Chinese "FROM STEAMER LETTER BOX (3)" of Hankow, discussed in TPO 344, Summer 2019
March 2019
![Gibraltar paquebot mark Gibraltar paquebot mark](image3/tpo343_QE2_Paquebot_Gibraltar_2008.jpg)
Gibraltar Paquebot (A New Mark) applied during the 2008 farewell cruise of the QEII and discussed in TPO 343, Spring 2019 [Mike Dovey]
December 2018
![Pochta Rossiya postal wagon route postmark Pochta Rossiya postal wagon route postmark](image3/tpo342_Pochta_Rossiya_Rostov-on-Don_to_Khabarovski_tpo_20150904.jpg)
Commemorative postal stationery: the Pochta Rossiya postal wagon route postmark is of Rostov-on-Don to Khabarovski/i 04/09/2015, back stamped Moskva 25/09/15. A listing of POCHTA ROSSIYA era marks is included in the Winter 2018 Journal. [P Densham]
September 2018
![MISSENT TO / U.S.SEA P.O. NO 1 MISSENT TO / U.S.SEA P.O. NO 1](image3/tpo341-missent-to-us-sea-po-no-1.jpg)
Picture postcard mailed in Punta Arenas, Chile, addressed to London and sorted on board America Line's New York in March 1908. Postage paid: 6 centavos international postcard rate. 'BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE SOUTHAMPTON - 4 - MR 7 08' and 'MISSENT TO / U.S.SEA P.O. NO 1'. America Line's New York departed Southampton 7th March and arrived in New York 14th March 1908. Mails from South America arrived by RMSP steamers in Southampton on April 30th and March 7th
April 2018
![Treasurer Clive Jones displaying TPOs Treasurer Clive Jones displaying TPOs](image3/Treasurer_Clive_Jones_Giving_Display_on_TPOs_at_Telford_Society2.jpg)
Our Treasurer Clive Jones giving a recent display about GB TPOs to Telford Stamp & Card Club.
January 2018
![BALTIMORE, MD R.R. Aug 16, 1838 red, two line railroad route agent hand stamp BALTIMORE, MD R.R. Aug 16, 1838 red, two line railroad route agent hand stamp](image3/tpo339-Baltimore-RR-1838.jpg)
BALTIMORE, MD R.R. Aug 16, 1838 red, two line railroad route agent hand stamp and manuscript 12½ cent rate [80 - 150 miles] on folded cover from Baltimore, Maryland, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Discussed in TPO Journal No 339. (Permission of Richard Frajola, source www.philamercury.com/covers.php?id=19420 16th April 2012.)
July 2017
![Society Table at SWINPEX June 2017 Society Table at SWINPEX June 2017](image3/SWINPEX_201706.jpg)
SWINPEX 2017: Mike Dovey, Rick Martin (not behind the camera) and Julian Jones with our Society Table. Photo courtesy Clare Green and Tina Robins, Swindon Advertiser.
June 2017
![British Wireless Marine Service Ocean Letter British Wireless Marine Service Ocean Letter](image2/Ocean_Letter_E6_1933.jpg)
This image from the draft Ocean Letter catalogue is an Ocean Letter sent to the future President of the USA, Franklin Roosevelt, cancelled at Hyde Park, New York on 9th February 1933. The format is in the new more functional design after Marconi had changed the name to British Wireless Marine Service.
January 2017
![Latvia: RIGA - PLAVINAS-GULBENE TPO mark Latvia: RIGA - PLAVINAS-GULBENE TPO mark](image3/tpo335-riga-tpo-no5.jpg)
Latvia: RIGA - PLAVINAS - GULBENE; Train number P.V.No 5; Trip date 16.10.42 paid at Reich Local Postage Post Card Rate 6Pf on Michel Ganzaschen P 299 Type I postal stationery card. Discussed in Spring Journal 2017
December 2016
![Franked 1d, cancelled by 'UNITED STATES SEA P.O. / 18' dated JUL 19 1916 and 'PAQUEBOT' Franked 1d, cancelled by 'UNITED STATES SEA P.O. / 18' dated JUL 19 1916 and 'PAQUEBOT'](image3/tpo334-us-sea-post-office-18.jpg)
'UNITED STATES SEA P.O. / 18' [Hosking Type 7/TA39] and 'PAQUEBOT' [H4009/TA40] used on a US ship in July 1916. The possible ship identities are discussed in Winter 2016 Journal 334.
September 2016
![AUCKLAND NZ LOOSE LETTER circular date stamp AUCKLAND NZ LOOSE LETTER circular date stamp](image3/tpo333nzlooseletter.jpg)
Letter addressed to San Francisco with Australian stamps cancelled by a AUCKLAND NZ LOOSE LETTER circular date stamp, discussed in Journal 333 [C Tabeart].
July 2016 - Pictures of the July AGM and London Meeting
Dominique Wickremasinghe with TPOs of Saxony
Beverly King showing New Zealand Marine POs
Rob Wheeler with his display of Russian River TPOs
The chairman addressing the assembled multitude
Steve Ellis and his English Channel routes
Geoff Ellerton with his Tin Can Mail
June 2016
![Sea Post Office Taxe mark on cover posted on NDL Columbus Sea Post Office Taxe mark on cover posted on NDL Columbus](image3/columbus19360807.jpg)
February 2016
![CAIRO - ALEXANDRIA / T.P.O. / 29.1.1912 T33 TPO mark CAIRO - ALEXANDRIA / T.P.O. / 29.1.1912 T33](image3/tpo331ocean_letter_outer.jpg)
December 2015
![CAIRO - ALEXANDRIA / T.P.O. / 29.1.1912 T33 TPO mark CAIRO - ALEXANDRIA / T.P.O. / 29.1.1912 T33](image3/tpo330_cairo_alexandria_tpo_lot58.jpg)
September 2015
![London and Queenborough Sorting Carriage Taxe Mark London and Queenborough Sorting Carriage Taxe Mark](image3/LandQSCTaxemarkLo1.jpg)
July 2015
![Some of the committee talking to a member at MIDPEX 2015 Some of the committee talking to a member at MIDPEX 2015](image3/midpex2015tpotable.jpg)
June 2015
![Single circle cancel of the “ABERDEEN & ELGIN S.C. / U / AP 24 1905” (Wilson 830) Single circle cancel of the “ABERDEEN & ELGIN S.C. / U / AP 24 1905” (Wilson 830)](image3/tpo328lot339.jpg)
May's Special Image
![Philatelists at work, your committee advertising their wares! Philatelists at work, your committee advertising their wares!](image3/philatelyatworkandover2015sml.jpg)
February 2015
![Durban paquebot Durban paquebot](image3/tpo327durbanpaquebot.jpg)
December 2014
![Hamburg-America Line Albert Ballin - Deutsch-Amerikanische Seepost Hamburg to New York 1931 Hamburg-America Line Albert Ballin - Deutsch-Amerikanische Seepost Hamburg to New York 1931](image3/albert%20ballin%20hal%2020141201.jpg)
September 2014
![TAMSUI (Taiwan) envelope with boxed Paquebot H3415 TAMSUI (Taiwan) envelope with boxed Paquebot H3415](image3/hongkongtamsuipaquebot1916.jpg)
June 2014
![Ghana Eastern TPO mark with missing A Ghana Eastern TPO mark with missing A](image3/tpo324ghana2.jpg)
February 2014
![LONDON & HOLYHEAD UNITED.STATES.MAIL T.P.O DE 21 95 and K.48 duplex LONDON & HOLYHEAD UNITED.STATES.MAIL T.P.O DE 21 95 and K.48 duplex](image3/tpo323k48londonholyhead1895.jpg)
December 2013
![Deutsche Seepost cancel on German postal stationary card Deutsche Seepost cancel on German postal stationary card](image3/tpo322deutscheseepost.jpg)
September 2013
![Two strikes of the Birmingham SHIP mark on one cover! Two strikes of the Birmingham SHIP mark on one cover!](image3/mauritaniabirminghamship.jpg)
June 2013
Bordeaux to Irun
![French TPO mark Bordeaux to Irun French TPO mark Bordeaux to Irun](image3/tpo320lot74sml.jpg)