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Come and meet us in 2025
We will be at SWINPEX 14th June 2025, and MIDPEX 5th July 2025.
- SWINPEX, Saturday June 14th, Grange Leisure & Community Centre, Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4JY.
- MIDPEX, Saturday July 5th, Warwickshire Exhibition Centre. Meet us on our stand. [Map for location]
- AGM by video conference, 2pm UK local time, Sunday 6th July 2023
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.
Current TPO Journal
The Spring 2025 Journal has been mailed.
The contents are listed below.
The Spring 2025 auction
closes on the 15th April 2025.
Recent Website Updates
There is an update to Chris Bartlett's Railway Station, Mail Agent & Sorting Office Post Marks of India 1862-1924 available to download here.
Also, Luz Ihnken has provided an update to his Catalogue of Hungary TPO Marks
The Maritime Mail page written by Mike Dovey has been completely rewritten.
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.
Handstamp used by the Mail Officer on board HMCS Afterglow. The rubber oval datestamp was ordered from London and was in use from March 1923 until August 1926. Impressions can be found on loose single stamps in black or violet. See article in TPO Journal 367 Spring 2025.
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The Spring 2025 edition of the TPO Journal is now available with the following content: |
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| Coloured TPO Railway Related Markings | Interesting Routing - UK to St Helena in 1888 |
| From Kenya to Texas - and Back Again? | Falkland Islands - HMCS "Afterglow" |
| Mallorca to France by Ambulante | The British Packet Agency - Panama |
| The Travelling Post-Office in 1885 | Calcutta Ship Letter |
| Palestine TPO - RAILHEAD P.O / R.M.1. | The Seychelles TPO |
| A Midland Railway Post Office Van in Yorkshire | Glasgow & Carlisle Sorting Carriage |
| 1890 GB TPO and South African TPO | Norwich Sorting Tender |
| Ipswich - London TPO Day | |
| 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.
