Postal History List of British Railway Postmarks

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Postal History of GB – Railway Postmarks.

British Postal History – Duplex Postmarks

British Postal History – Machine Cancellations
British Postal History – Squared Circle Postmarks
British Postal History – Circular Cancels 0f England & Wales
British Postal History – Circular Cancels 0f Scotland

British Postal History - Aviation and Air force Related Postmarks and Covers

British Postal History - Exhibition Postmarks and Philatelic Exhibition Covers

British Postal History - Maritime and Shipping Related Postmarks

British Postal History - Military Covers and Forces Related Postmarks

British Postal History - Railway Related and Railway Letter Material
British Postal History - Assorted Items of Interest
British Commonwealth Countries Stamps & Postal History
Foreign Countries Stamps & Postal History

British Postal History - Railway Postmarks of England and Wales

ALL POSTMARKS ARE ON COMPLETE CARDS or ENVELOPES - (No Pieces)

Travelling Post Offices

Town	Type	No.	Date	%	Cover		Price
Belfast – Dublin / 2 TPO	Single Circle no arcs	2	Se 10 1905	90	PPC	A	£6.95
Crewe – Peterborough TPO (Linc Sect) AM	Double Circle Thin arcs	AM	9 May 1979	100 x 2	FDC	B	£3.95
Down Special TPO	Double Circle Thin arcs	1	2 May 1994	100	PPC	A	£4.50
Great Northern S C Down Day Mail	Single Circle 25mm		Jun 6 1907	100	PPC	A	£9.95
Great Western TPO Up	Double Circle Thin arcs	2	29 Jun 1979	100	ENV	A	£0.95
Grimsby-Peterborough TPO – STG Carriage	Double Circle Thick arcs	*	Oct 31 1908	95	PPC	A	£5.25
North Western TPO NT Down	Double Circle	1	24 1962	80	PPC	A	£1.95
North Western TPO – Day Down	Single Circle 24mm		Jul 30 1908	100	PPC	A	£15.95
Shrewsbury – York TPO	Double Circle Thin arcs	2	21 Oc 1985	100	ENV	B	£2.25
South Wales TPO UP and South Wales TPO / UP	Double Circle Thick arc & Double Circle Thin arcs		14 Ju 1978	95 + 95	SPE	B	£8.75
Tamworth & Hereford S C Up	Single Circle 21mm		24 Oct 1904	100	PPC	A	£8.95
Tamworth & Hereford S C Up	Single Circle 21mm		25 Oct 1904	100	PPC	A	£8.95
Whitehaven S C	Double Circle Thick arcs		27 Aug 1925	70	PPC	A	£11.95
York-Shrewsbury TPO	Double Circle Thin arcs	1	1985	95	ENV	B	£0.75

Station Post Offices – (See also Squared Circles & Duplex Postmarks)

Town	Type	County	No.	Date	%	Cover		Price
Belvedere Station	Double Circle Thick arcs	Kent		De 24 1906	100	PPC	A	£2.25
Bootle Station	Double Circle Thick arcs	Cumbria		14 Ju 19	80	PPC	A	£1.75
Bootle Station	Double Circle Thick arcs	Cumbria		10 Sp 1934	100	PPC	A	£2.75
Bridlington Station Office	Double Circle Thick arcs	N Yorks		Jul 5 1904	100	PPC	A	£1.50
Bridlington Station Office	Double Circle Thick arcs	N Yorks		Au 24 1905	90	PPC	A	£1.00
Bridlington Station Office	Double Circle Thick arcs	N Yorks		Sp 1 1908	95	PPC	A	£1.20
Bridlington Station Office	Double Circle Thick arcs	N Yorks		Sp 5 1908	100	PPC	A	£1.50
Broadstairs Station, Kent	Double Circle Thick arcs	Kent (on Tuck 1106)		Sp 1 1903	90	PPC	A	£1.95
Crewe Station	Double Circle Thick arcs		1	Oc 5 1906	90	PPC	A	£1.25
Crewe Station	Double Circle Thick arcs		Star	Ap 21 1908	100	PPC	A	£1.75
Crewe Station	Double Circle Thick arcs		1	Au 23 1909	95	PPC	A	£1.50
Crewe Station	Double Circle Thick arcs		Star	Mr 28 1911	80	PPC	A	£0.75
Crewe Station	Double Circle Thick arcs			Ap 23 1913	85	PPC	A	£1.00
Freshwater Station – I of Wight (27mm)	Double Circle Thick arcs	I O Wight		11 Sp 1929	80	PPC	A	£5.50
Freshwater Station S O – I of Wight (26mm)	Double Circle Thick arcs	I O Wight		Sp 8 1907	85	PPC	A	£2.50
Freshwater Station S O – I of Wight (25mm)	Double Circle Thick arcs	I O Wight		11 Sp 1929	70	PPC	A	£2.50
Rugby Station	Double Circle Thick arcs		Star	Ja 25 1905	90	PPC	A	£1.50
Rugby Station	Double Circle Thick arcs		1	Ju 10 1905	100	PPC	A	£1.75
Rugby Station	Double Circle Thick arcs		1	Sp 25 1905	100	PPC	A	£1.75
Rugby Station	Double Circle Thick arcs			My 17 1909	75	PPC	A	£1.25
Rugby Station	Double Circle Thick arcs			3 Ap 1914	70	PPC	A	£1.50

Railway Sub Offices – (R.S.Os) A to G

Town	Type	County	No.	Date	%	Cover		Price
Aviemore RSO Invernesshire	Single Circle			Sp 9 1905	95	PPC	A	£1.50
Banavie RSO Invernesshire	Single Circle - smudging	Highland		?? 22 19??	90	PPC	A	£1.95
Bexhill-on-Sea RSO - Sussex	Double Circle Thick arcs	Sussex		Jy 16 1907	95	PPC	A	£1.25
Builth Wells RSO	Single Circle	Powys		Oc 2 1905	100	PPC	A	£1.95
Builth Wells RSO	Single Circle	Powys		Jy 18 1906	100	PPC	A	£1.95
Burnham RSO - Somerset	Single Circle	Somerset		My 21 1906	100	PPC	A	£3.75
Castle Eden RSO	Single Circle			Fe 17 19??	100	PPC	A	£1.95
Combe Martin RSO	Double Circle Thick arcs	Devon		Sp 14 1912	80	PPC	A	£1.75
Crewe – Peterborough TPO (Linc Sect) AM	Double Circle Thin arcs		AM	9 May 1979	100 x 2	FDC	B	£3.95
Eastleigh R.S.O.	Single Circle			De 24 1909	70	PPC	A	£1.25
Felinfach R.S.O. - Cardiganshire	Single Circle			Au 14 1913	100	PPC	A	£1.95
Fleet, Holbeach RSO Lincs	Single Circle	Lincs		Au 3 1910	95	PPC	A	£3.95
Gillingham RSO - Kent	Double Circle Thick arcs			De 23 1904	100	PPC	A	£1.25
Gillingham SO – Kent (R removed)	Double Circle Thick arcs			19 Ap 1908	100	PPC	A	£1.75
Grange-over-Sands RSO - Lanc	Double Circle Thick arcs	Lancs		Au 15 1905	100	PPC	A	£1.25
Grange-over-Sands R.S.O – Lanc (on Hampsfell Rd. G-o-S. postcard)	Double Circle Thick arcs	Lancs		Oc 4 1905	100	PPC	A	£1.95
Grange-over-Sands RSO - Lanc	Double Circle Thick arcs	Lancs		Jy 25 1906	100	PPC	A	£1.25
Grange-over-Sands RSO - Lanc	Double Circle Thick arcs	Lancs		Au 29 1911	95	PPC	A	£1.25

Railway Sub Offices – (R.S.Os) H to L

Town	Type	County	No.	Date	%	Cover		Price
Harlech RSO - Merioneth	Double Circle Thick arcs			25 Mr 1914	100	PPC	A	£1.75
Harlech RSO - Merioneth	Double Circle Thick arcs			6 Sp 1922	95	PPC	A	£1.75
Harlech RSO	Double Circle Thick arcs			22 Jy 1927	75	PPC	A	£1.25
Heckmondwyke RSO - Yorks	Double Circle Thick arcs	Yorks		Ap 21 1908	95	PPC	A	£1.25
Helmsley RSO - Yorks	Single Circle	Yorks		Sp 22 1908	98	PPC	A	£2.10
Helmsley RSO - Yorks	Single Circle	Yorks		Fe 19 1909	95	PPC	A	£1.95
Henfield RSO - Sussex	Double Circle Thick arcs	Sussex	1	Jy 9 1906	100	PPC	A	£2.95
Henfield RSO - Sussex	Double Circle Thick arcs	Sussex	1	De 26 1909	75	PPC	A	£1.95
Holt RSO - Norfolk	Single Circle	Norfolk		Mr 6 1906	100	PPC	A	£1.95
Holt RSO - Norfolk	Single Circle	Norfolk		Oc 10 1910	95	PPC	A	£1.80
Hunstanton RSO - Norfolk	Double Circle Thick arcs	Norfolk		Ju 8 1903	100	PPC	A	£1.50
Hunstanton RSO - Norfolk	Double Circle Thick arcs	Norfolk		Sp 4 1905	100	PPC	A	£1.50
Inverkeithing RSO	Double Circle - double arcs	Fife		Mr 21 1910	90	PPC	A	£1.95
King’s Langley RSO - Herts	Single Circle	Herts		De 23 1907	100	PPC	A	£2.25
Kirton Lindsey RSO - Lincs	Double Circle Thick arcs	Lincs		Oc28 1908	95	PPC	A	£2.25
Liphook RSO - Hants	Double Circle Thick arcs			Ap 27 1909	95	PPC	A	£1.75
Llanbedr RSO	Single Circle	Gwynedd		27 Jy 1925	80	PPC	A	£3.95
Long Melford RSO - Suffolk	Double Circle Thick arcs	Suffolk		De 23 1908	100	PPC	A	£1.95
Long Preston RSO	Single Circle	Yorks		18 Oc 1912	100	PPC	A	£2.25
Lydford – Bridestowe RSO – North Devon	Single Circle	Yorks		Sp 30 1912	100	PPC	A	£3.50
Lyndhurst RSO – Hants	Double Circle Thick arcs	Hants		Ju 14 1905	100	PPC	A	£1.75

Railway Sorting Offices – (R.S.Os) M to R

Town	Type	County	No.	Date	%	Cover		Price
Milverton RSO - Somerset	Double Circle Thick arcs			De 24 1907	98	PPC	A	£1.50
Milverton RSO - Somerset	Double Circle Thick arcs			My 1 1906	100	PPC	A	£1.50
Morecombe RSO - Lancashire	Double Circle Thick arcs	Lancs		Au 7 1904	100	PPC	A	£1.50
Morecombe RSO - Lancashire	Double Circle Thick arcs	Lancs		Au 12 1904	100	PPC	A	£1.50
Morecombe RSO Lancashire	Double Circle Thick arcs	Lancs		Au 16 1904	95	PPC	A	£1.25
Newport R.S.O. -Yorks	Single Circle	Yorks		30 Au 1913	100	PPC	A	£2.50
North End -Burgess Hill R.S.O. - Sussex	Single Circle + C90 Duplex	Yorks		Au 15 1905	100	PPC	A	£7.75
Orford RSO - Suffolk	Single Circle	Suffolk		Au 25 1903	70	PPC	A	£2.25
Orford RSO - Suffolk	Single Circle + H04 oval	Suffolk		?? 27 1902	70	PPC	A	£7.95
Ossett RSO Yorks	Double Circle Thick arcs	Yorks	2	Mr 29 1905	95	PPC	A	£1.75
Parkstone R.S.O. -Dorsetshire	Single Circle	Dorset		Au 9 1903	80	PPC	A	£1.75
Parkstone R.S.O. -Dorsetshire	Single Circle	Dorset		De 31 1904	95	PPC	A	£2.25
Passage West RSO	Single circle no arcs	Ireland		Se 3 1904	95	PPC	A	£3.25
Penmaenmawr RSO	Double Circle Thick arcs	Wales		Se 1 1913	95	PPC	A	£2.25

Railway Sorting Offices – (R.S.Os) S to Z

Town	Type	County	No.	Date	%	Cover		Price
Shap RSO - Westmorland	Single Circle			Sp 18 1907	100	PPC	A	£2.25
Sheringham RSO - Norfolk	Double Circle Thick arcs	Norfolk		Au 29 1905	95	PPC	A	£1.25
Towyn RSO - Merioneth	Single Circle			Au 20 1904	95	PPC	A	£2.75
Tycroes RSO - Anglesey	Single Circle			Jy 30 1906	90	PPC	A	£2.75
Whitley Bay RSO	Single Circle			Jy 23 1903	100	PPC	A	£1.95
Whitley Bay RSO	Double Circle Thick arcs			De 22 1905	85	PPC	A	£1.25
Whitley Bay RSO	Double Circle Thick arcs			Jy 15 1908	95	PPC	A	£1.50
Wiveliscombe RSO - Somerset	Double Circle Thick arcs	Somerset		Sp 14 1907	90	PPC	A	£1.50
Wiveliscombe RSO - Somerset	Double Circle Thick arcs	Somerset		Au 14 1908	90	PPC	A	£1.50
Wootton-Under-Edge RSO - Glos	Double Circle Thick arcs	Glos		Mr 5 1909	95	PPC	A	£1.95
Wootton-Under-Edge RSO - Glos	Double Circle Thick arcs	Glos		30 Ju 1915	80	PPC	A	£1.75

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Cover
This shows the media on which the postmark is struck as follows:
PPC – Picture Postcard
PC – Plain Postcard
PSC – Postal Stationery Card
PSE – Postal Stationery Envelope
ENV – Plain Envelope
FL – Folded Letter