First Day Covers

SET FOUR BENHAM SILK FIRST DAY COVERS TRAVELLING POST OFFICE PSB PANES SHS

SET FOUR BENHAM SILK FIRST DAY COVERS TRAVELLING POST OFFICE PSB PANES SHS
SET FOUR BENHAM SILK FIRST DAY COVERS TRAVELLING POST OFFICE PSB PANES SHS
SET FOUR BENHAM SILK FIRST DAY COVERS TRAVELLING POST OFFICE PSB PANES SHS
SET FOUR BENHAM SILK FIRST DAY COVERS TRAVELLING POST OFFICE PSB PANES SHS
SET FOUR BENHAM SILK FIRST DAY COVERS TRAVELLING POST OFFICE PSB PANES SHS
SET FOUR BENHAM SILK FIRST DAY COVERS TRAVELLING POST OFFICE PSB PANES SHS

SET FOUR BENHAM SILK FIRST DAY COVERS TRAVELLING POST OFFICE PSB PANES SHS

SET OF FOUR FIRST DAY COVERS. COMMEMORATING THE TRAVELLING POST OFFICE. This was so successful that specially-designed railway wagons were produced, and the system expanded rapdily and by 1939 there were over 70 day and night TPOs running on the national network.

Whilst early TPOs consisted of one or two carriages added to ordinary passenger service trains, in 1855'Special Mails' were introduced. Although most ran at night they could often be seen during the day in the sidings outside their terminus station awaiting the evening run. The South East, South Wales and East Anglian TPOs ran for the last time on 25 July 2003. Over the 8/9th January 2004 the North West, North East, Bristol-Penzance, Great Western, and Midland TPOs had their last runs in both directions, the final one to run being the Bristol-Penzance. Containing Scotland 68p & 2nd class stamps, the background illustration showing a steam train.

This pane is illustrated with an old picture of the interior of a TPO, with the 28p,'E' and 42p stamps from the Classic Locomotives set. A block of 4 x 1st class stamps.

With an illustration of a letter, possibly a still from the 1936 PO film. 4 x 37p black and 4 x 1st class gold Machin definitive stamps surrounding a label depicting a poster for the 1936 PO film. The'silk' images on the covers feature steam trains of the past. The covers have been postmarked with specially designed pictorial handstamps at various railway related locations; Newcastle, Carlisle, Crewe and Euston, London on the first day of issue, 16th March 2004 and are in fine condition.

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The item "SET FOUR BENHAM SILK FIRST DAY COVERS TRAVELLING POST OFFICE PSB PANES SHS" is in sale since Thursday, August 27, 2015. This item is in the category "Stamps\Great Britain\First Day Covers\1971-Now\Commemoratives". The seller is "gerryn664" and is located in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Topic: The Travelling Post Office
  • Era: Elizabeth II (1952-Now)
  • Cancellation Type: Pictorial
  • Newcastle - Crewe: Euston, London - Carlisle
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    SET FOUR BENHAM SILK FIRST DAY COVERS TRAVELLING POST OFFICE PSB PANES SHS