FPO
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:00 pm
Dear Folks,
The initials FPO stand for… Field Post Office?
I have been searching online for any information on FPO-cancelled covers for KE8 and KGVI and am fast becoming bewildered. The great amount of references for APO and FPO seem to refer to mail facilities for US armed forces abroad… now, in this day and age. And FPO apparently stands for Fleet Post Office.
There is a great deal of material about post offices in Palestine up to around 1920, but the kind of information that seems relevant to a philatelist on postal matters during the British Mandate seems not to exist.
I am looking for any information about the use of GB (Not overprinted) stamps with FPO cancellations. I understand that this relates only to what was then called Palestine. Each FPO carried a number, eg., FPO 16. It would be very interesting to know where that particular FPO was.
The geographic area in the era from WWI through WWII is filled with historical, political and romantic interest and much of it should be traceable via online links. It would be invaluable in producing interesting write-ups.
Any helpful directions would be very well received, thank you.
Robin R
The initials FPO stand for… Field Post Office?
I have been searching online for any information on FPO-cancelled covers for KE8 and KGVI and am fast becoming bewildered. The great amount of references for APO and FPO seem to refer to mail facilities for US armed forces abroad… now, in this day and age. And FPO apparently stands for Fleet Post Office.
There is a great deal of material about post offices in Palestine up to around 1920, but the kind of information that seems relevant to a philatelist on postal matters during the British Mandate seems not to exist.
I am looking for any information about the use of GB (Not overprinted) stamps with FPO cancellations. I understand that this relates only to what was then called Palestine. Each FPO carried a number, eg., FPO 16. It would be very interesting to know where that particular FPO was.
The geographic area in the era from WWI through WWII is filled with historical, political and romantic interest and much of it should be traceable via online links. It would be invaluable in producing interesting write-ups.
Any helpful directions would be very well received, thank you.
Robin R