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Members giving Displays
Arthur Roberts is to give a talk and display entitled 'The West Coast Railway Postal Service' to the Southport Stamp & Postcard Club at its meeting in Birkdale Library, Southport at 7.30 p.m. on 7 September 2010. (Contact:- The Secretary Chris Leather; Tel. 07767 820775 or email - clubmail@stampclub.info.), and to the Marple Philatelic Society at its meeting in Queen Street, Marple at 7.30 p.m. on 19 November 2010. (Contact:- The Secretary, Clive Turner, Tel. 01663 733733 or email - clive.turner3@btinternet.com.)
Current TPO Journal Autumn 2010
The Spring Journal, number 309, has been despatched to members. The contents are listed below.
See our Summer Auction List which is open only to members. Visit the membership page to join and become eligible to bid.
Central Southern African Railways
Latest addition to our articles on TPOs: a 16 page exhibit of CSAR TPOs.
Paquebot Cancellations of the World Edition 4
This new 4th edition written by Mike Dovey and Keith Morris with full permission of Roger Hosking will include everything that has gone on before, in a superb simplified listing of all paquebot marks up to July 2010. A flyer with full ordering details is here. The old Hosking numbers from the 1977 and 1987 books plus the 2000 edition have been amalgamated in the tables which also show Studd and Joesten numbers as per their respective books.
Here are examples of some pages and full sized front and back book cover.
Come and meet us in 2011
We will be at the following venues in 2011: Philatex, Worpex, Swinpex and Midpex. Dates will be posted in autumn 2010.
ROYAL NAVY cover with circ canc "BRITISH FLEET MAIL / AM / 3 MR 1955 / 9" + boxed "Fleet Mail Officer/3 Mar 1955/Hong Kong". Lot 76 in the current auction.
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The Autumn 2010 edition of the TPO Journal is now available with the following content: |
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| Axel Bade cruise Souvenir card and Menu 1905 | Russian TPO in Belarus |
| George Washington Postcard (SEAPOST) | China: Road and Ship TPOs |
| Christmas and New Year greetings from Tanga in GEA to Tete in PEA |
The Exchange Apparatus in India |
| Canadian Steamboat cencellations | Uses of the TO1 ans TO2 marks |
| Update on a Glasgow to California cover | Romania the Bucuresci - Itzcani TPO |
| The Gerona - San Feliu de Guixols Railway | London & Holyhead / Night Up - Late Usage |
| Old Mail Van, Highland Railway | A Highland TPO in British Railways Days |
| A TPO in County Down, Northern Ireland | |
| Request for help from WB Wilson - Response | News From Other Philatelic Publications |
| Book Reviews & Library Notes | Next Auction |
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This edition of the Journal also includes an Auction of GB TPO Photographs - 60 lots (in addition to what is listed in the auction pages on this website). | |
| Our Library Notes include recently received Journals from related societies such as Scandinavian Contact journal of the Scandinavian Philatelic Society as well as Railway Philately of the Railway Philatelic Group and Seaposter of the Maritime Postmark Society, both of whom have websites. The library also has back copies of news letters of the Friends of M30272M TPO Group who also have a website. Find them all on our Links page. | |
| Copy and Publishing dates for the Journal | |
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