A Travelling Post Office (TPO) is a type of mail train where the post is sorted en-route. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 616 KB)British Rail Post Office Sorting Van, NSA 80390 Ernie Gosling on display at Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 616 KB)British Rail Post Office Sorting Van, NSA 80390 Ernie Gosling on display at Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... NSA 80390 Ernie Gosling on display at Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. ... Map sources for Doncaster at grid reference SE5702 Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England. ... British Rails first design of carriages were given the designation Mark 1. ...
In the United Kingdom, these trains first started operating in 1838. The trains were operated most recently by Rail Express Systems, and their successor EWS. 9 January2004 saw the last TPO trains operated, after Royal Mail decided not to transport mail by rail. TPOs were equipped with letter boxes so that mail could be posted whilst the train stood at a station. The post-marks from TPOs are valued by philatelists. 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Rail Express Systems livery as carried by Propelling Control Vehicle no. ... Class 66 66 090 at Gospel Oak in 2004. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal Mail is the national postal service in the United Kingdom. ... Close examination of the Penny Red, left, reveals a 148 in the margin, indicating that it was printed with plate #148. ...
TPO trains are formed of several different types of vehicle. For more information see the following links.
NSA 80390 Ernie Gosling on display at Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. ... A Post Office Stowage Van is a type of rail vehicle built for use in a Travelling Post Office (TPO). ... A Brake Post Office Stowage Van is a type of rail vehicle built for use in a Travelling Post Office (TPO). ... NAA 94335 at Plymouth on 29th August 2003. ... NOA 95758 at Cheltenham Spa on 9th January 2004. ...
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The stamp on this cover was the ½a red watercolour of the Jammu old rectangulars obliterated with the square fl seal of the native postoffice at Jammu City, and the cover shows additional postmarks of Umballa, the spelling of which differs from that of the label in respect of the initial letter.
TravellingPostOffice, Lahore, for reference.” The stamp on this (as on all the six covers which follow) is the ½a New Rectangular in red on thin wove paper.
The obliteration on the stamp is the large barred-L of the British PostOffice at Srinagar (Kashmir).
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