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British Field Post Offices
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I am trying to locate lists of British Field Post Offices in WWI and WWII. No luck Googling. Is there such a list on the net? A pricing or rarity index would also be useful. Is there only one set of numbers or do the Army, Navy and Air Forces each have their own set? If there is no easily accessible list, can someone give me the location of RAF FPO 1168 circa 1944? Thanks Richard |
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On Jul 7, 12:26 am, Richard Thouin wrote:
Hi I am trying to locate lists of British Field Post Offices in WWI and WWII. No luck Googling. Is there such a list on the net? A pricing or rarity index would also be useful. Is there only one set of numbers or do the Army, Navy and Air Forces each have their own set? If there is no easily accessible list, can someone give me the location of RAF FPO 1168 circa 1944? Thanks Richard If you are checking a number of forces po's for World War 2 , try : A Priced Checklist of British Army and Field Post Offices 1939-1946, by C R Entwistle. Published by Chavril Press, 1998. 36 pages .. |
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Proud's "History of British Army Postal Service", Vol. III
1927-1963, only goes up to FPO 1063. Jay Carrigan change domain to mchsi www.jaypex.com In article , says... Hi I am trying to locate lists of British Field Post Offices in WWI and WWII. No luck Googling. Is there such a list on the net? A pricing or rarity index would also be useful. Is there only one set of numbers or do the Army, Navy and Air Forces each have their own set? If there is no easily accessible list, can someone give me the location of RAF FPO 1168 circa 1944? Thanks Richard |
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On Jul 7, 4:56*pm, Richard Thouin wrote:
In article JQock.242263$yE1.139824@attbi_s21, (Jay T. Carrigan) wrote: Proud's "History of British Army Postal Service", Vol. III 1927-1963, only goes up to FPO 1063. * * *Jay Carrigan * * * * *change domain to mchsi * * *www.jaypex.com In article , says... Hi I am trying to locate lists of British Field Post Offices in WWI and WWII. No luck Googling. *Is there such a list on the net? *A pricing or rarity index would also be useful. Is there only one set of numbers or do the Army, Navy and Air Forces each have their own set? If there is no easily accessible list, can someone give me the location of RAF FPO 1168 circa 1944? Thanks Richard Blair and Jay Thanks for these informations. *Can I deduct: No list on the Web? For my number I will need look at it again. *This is a very weak strike and I need to manipulate the image quite a bit to read the number. Regards Richard Richard: The only online lists that I can find are of CURRENT British Forces POs. One of my favourites, number 1, closed in 1997 (Hong Kong). That leaves number 2 (Washington, DC) as the 'senior' BFPO. Blair |
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On Jul 7, 4:56 pm, Richard Thouin wrote:
In article JQock.242263$yE1.139824@attbi_s21, (Jay T. Carrigan) wrote: Proud's "History of British Army Postal Service", Vol. III 1927-1963, only goes up to FPO 1063. Jay Carrigan change domain to mchsi www.jaypex.com In article , says... Hi I am trying to locate lists of British Field Post Offices in WWI and WWII. No luck Googling. Is there such a list on the net? A pricing or rarity index would also be useful. Is there only one set of numbers or do the Army, Navy and Air Forces each have their own set? If there is no easily accessible list, can someone give me the location of RAF FPO 1168 circa 1944? Thanks Richard Blair and Jay Thanks for these informations. Can I deduct: No list on the Web? For my number I will need look at it again. This is a very weak strike and I need to manipulate the image quite a bit to read the number. Regards Richard Richard: All that there is on-line is the CURRENT list of BFPOs. Land BFPOs http://www.bfpo.mod.uk/bfponumbers_static.htm Ships BFPOs http://www.bfpo.mod.uk/bfponumbers_ships.htm Blair |
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07/08/2008 at 02:57 PM, "Blair (TC)" said: All that there is on-line is the CURRENT list of BFPOs. Land BFPOs http://www.bfpo.mod.uk/bfponumbers_static.htm Ships BFPOs http://www.bfpo.mod.uk/bfponumbers_ships.htm Interesting! I've collected CFPO covers for many years (Canadian FPOs). Does anyone have any experience sending SSAE's to these types of place to get sample postmarks? I had mixed luck recently (last year) with the latest CPFO list. Many were returned, but some were nicely postmarked and sent back via normal mail. Nick |
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On Jul 8, 6:47 pm, "Nick Knight" wrote:
In , on 07/08/2008 at 02:57 PM, "Blair (TC)" said: All that there is on-line is the CURRENT list of BFPOs. Land BFPOs http://www.bfpo.mod.uk/bfponumbers_static.htm Ships BFPOs http://www.bfpo.mod.uk/bfponumbers_ships.htm Interesting! I've collected CFPO covers for many years (Canadian FPOs). Does anyone have any experience sending SSAE's to these types of place to get sample postmarks? I had mixed luck recently (last year) with the latest CPFO list. Many were returned, but some were nicely postmarked and sent back via normal mail. Nick Well the bottom line is that you are at the mercy of the local Postal Officer. My luck was pretty good over the years, but I kept my requests moderate and did all that I could to minimize the effort on their part. One should remember that the first duty of the GFPOs is to provide postal services to Canadian troops. Philatelic requests are below that. |
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, "Blair (TC)" wrote: On Jul 7, 4:56 pm, Richard Thouin wrote: In article JQock.242263$yE1.139824@attbi_s21, (Jay T. Carrigan) wrote: Proud's "History of British Army Postal Service", Vol. III 1927-1963, only goes up to FPO 1063. Jay Carrigan change domain to mchsi www.jaypex.com In article , says... Hi I am trying to locate lists of British Field Post Offices in WWI and WWII. No luck Googling. Is there such a list on the net? A pricing or rarity index would also be useful. Is there only one set of numbers or do the Army, Navy and Air Forces each have their own set? If there is no easily accessible list, can someone give me the location of RAF FPO 1168 circa 1944? Thanks Richard Blair and Jay Thanks for these informations. Can I deduct: No list on the Web? For my number I will need look at it again. This is a very weak strike and I need to manipulate the image quite a bit to read the number. Regards Richard Richard: All that there is on-line is the CURRENT list of BFPOs. Land BFPOs http://www.bfpo.mod.uk/bfponumbers_static.htm Ships BFPOs http://www.bfpo.mod.uk/bfponumbers_ships.htm Blair Hi Blair I had found these but was hoping that your advanced search techniques would bring out older lists, Can't win them all, I guess. Anyway, thanks for trying, as you always do. We all rely on you. Regards Richard |
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British Field Post Offices
Note BFPO is British Forces Post Office not Field Post Office which is
something else entirely. BFPOs are static and permanent at barracks etc while FPO s are used by troops "on active service" . You see no Iraq or Afghanistan in the BFPO lists as they are not "garrison" destinations. Malcolm |
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