BPMA: TPO Photographs Postcard Set.
- Condition : New
- Dispatch : 4 Days
- Brand : None
- ID# : 190896516
- Quantity : 1 item
- Views : 158
- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : davidgwoodhouse (+1684)
- Barcode : None
- Start : Fri 10 Apr 2020 06:45:25 (EDT)
- Close : Run Until Sold
- Remain : Run Until Sold
for 1 item(s) 
Seller's Description
Condition: mint.
Publisher: The British Postal Museum and Archive.
Year: 2005.
Publisher's Reference:
Seller's Reference: BX/PC/014.
Additional descriptive notes (if applicable): the postcards depict:
Postcard 1: An officer on a Travelling Post Office amends the town names on the fillets of a sorting frame in preparation for the next sorting of mails.
Postcard 2: 'The Line' of mailbags within the Travelling Post Office sorting vans. These hessian sacks were filled with sorted mail, tied, tagged and dropped off at stations along the TPO route. They have beome icons of the postal service.
Postcard 3: Trackside apparatus looms over the rails, waiting for the Travelling Post Office to snatch the mail pouch from its arms. The pouch was caught in a net suspended 3 feet out from the side of the train and contained semi-sorted mail collected from local post boxes.
Postcard 4: With a blast of a whistle another Travelling Post Office snakes its way out of the station. These trains travelled in relative anonymity until 1986 when a striking red livery was introduced in time for the filming of The Midnight Hours, a documentary updating the classic Night Mail made some 50 years earlier.
General notes: in addition to postage my shipping charges include a handling and packing charge. My basic charges for this item are shown on the sales page. However, postage, processing and packing charges for multiple purchases will be combined and will be based upon the actual cost of despatching a package containing all the items bought. Purchasers who buy more than one item should ensure that they request an invoice, so that they benefit from the consolidated charge for postage and packing.
Publisher: The British Postal Museum and Archive.
Year: 2005.
Publisher's Reference:
Seller's Reference: BX/PC/014.
Additional descriptive notes (if applicable): the postcards depict:
Postcard 1: An officer on a Travelling Post Office amends the town names on the fillets of a sorting frame in preparation for the next sorting of mails.
Postcard 2: 'The Line' of mailbags within the Travelling Post Office sorting vans. These hessian sacks were filled with sorted mail, tied, tagged and dropped off at stations along the TPO route. They have beome icons of the postal service.
Postcard 3: Trackside apparatus looms over the rails, waiting for the Travelling Post Office to snatch the mail pouch from its arms. The pouch was caught in a net suspended 3 feet out from the side of the train and contained semi-sorted mail collected from local post boxes.
Postcard 4: With a blast of a whistle another Travelling Post Office snakes its way out of the station. These trains travelled in relative anonymity until 1986 when a striking red livery was introduced in time for the filming of The Midnight Hours, a documentary updating the classic Night Mail made some 50 years earlier.
General notes: in addition to postage my shipping charges include a handling and packing charge. My basic charges for this item are shown on the sales page. However, postage, processing and packing charges for multiple purchases will be combined and will be based upon the actual cost of despatching a package containing all the items bought.
Listing Information
| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 190896516 |
| Start Time | Fri 10 Apr 2020 06:45:25 (EDT) |
| Close Time | Run Until Sold |
| Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
| Item Condition | New |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 158 |
| Dispatch Time | 4 Days |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Auto Extend | No |
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