Stamp: Travelling Post Office: On The Move (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland 2017)
Travelling Post Office: On The Move (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland 2017)
15 February (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland ) within release Mail by Rail goes into circulation Stamp Travelling Post Office: On The Move face value 1st No Face Value
| Stamp Travelling Post Office: On The Move in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi: GB AT124I |
Stamp is square format.
The first bespoke Travelling Post Office carried mail in 1838. By the 1930s there were 130 TPOs operating both night and day, with four exclusively functioning as mail trains. Day services ceased following the Second World War and the final TPO services ran on 9 January 2004. Initial value £0.64Also in the issue Mail by Rail:
- Stamp - Travelling Post Office: Sorting face value 1st;
- Stamp - Travelling Post Office: Bag Exchange face value 1st;
- Stamp - Travelling Post Office: On The Move face value 1st;
- Stamp - Travelling Post Office: Loading face value 1st;
- Stamp - Night Mail: Poster face value 1st;
- Stamp - Post Office (London) Railway face value 1st;
Stamp Travelling Post Office: On The Move it reflects the thematic directions:
Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of postage stamps and covers and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the development of postal systems. The term is attributed to Robson Lowe, a professional philatelist, stamp dealer and stamp auctioneer, who made the first organised study of the subject in the 1930s and described philatelists as "students of science", but postal historians as "students of humanity". More precisely, philatelists describe postal history as the study of rates, routes, markings, and means (of transport).
Railways - Transportation system made up of metal rails which is designed to allow trains to maneuver on the tracks from one location to the next.
