Travelling Post Offices (T.P.O.)  

Located either in trains or vans and used to sort and cancel mail on the move

 

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Potter No.

EKD

LKD

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Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - R1/29

9700.01
1.9.1913
xx.xx.1918

Reads: T.P.O.” in a rectangle without date or other wording. EKD strike was in purple.

Temporary steel datestamp

9700.02
8.1.1918
13.6.1933

Reads: T.P.O. / JAMAICA” and appears to have been used on the railway. May be two fine and close rings but cannot be separated even on early strikes.

Double Ring Datestamp

9700.03
6.4.1927
22.11.1937

Two fine single rings close together. Year often added in manuscript. A squarish "O". Used on the Kingston to Montego Bay line.

Double Ring Datestamp

9700.04
7.7.1927
24.11.1937

As previous die but the full stop after “O” of T.P.O. is very low. A round "O". Used on the Kingston to Port Antonio line.

Double Ring Datestamp

9700.05
28.12.1937
15.8.1963

Reads: “T.P.O. / JAMAICA” with the index “1”, “2” or “3” above the date. Appears to have been used on the Kingston to Montego Bay line.

Birmingham. Type - B1

9700.06
28.5.1948
19.5.1955

No Potter listing for 9700.06, but Proud and Horry list two forms of the Type B1 mark. Last "A" is wide. Used on Kingston to Port Antonio line. Date shown is proof date!

Birmingham. Type - B1

9700.07
7.12.1949
4.1.1963

Last "A" is narrow.

Date shown is proof date!

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37

9700.09
22.6.1963
3.8.1965

Reads: “T.P.O.-4” used in greater Kingston

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37

9700.10
2.5.1963
11.6.1963

Reads: “T.P.O.-5”.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37

9700.12
8.1.1965
8.1.1965

Reads: “T.P.O. 2 / JAMAICA”.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37

9700.13
22.10.1963
15.3.1965

Reads: "T.P.O. 1 / JAMAICA".

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*WI/37e

9700.14
27.8.1964
20.11.1966

Reads: “T.P.O. 2 / JAMAICA W.I.”.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37

9700.15
26.5.1961
8.3.1966

Reads: “T.P.O. 3 / JAMAICA”.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37

9700.16
3.12.1963
3.8.1965

Reads: “T.P.O. 4 / JAMAICA”. Used in the greater Kingston area.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37

9700.17
26.6.1963
25.1.1965

Reads: “T.P.O. 5 / JAMAICA”.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37

9700.18
4.3.1964
4.3.1964

Reads: “T.P.O. 6 / JAMAICA”.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/46a

9700.20
4.4.1961
19.3.1966

Reads: “T.P.O. / Mandeville - Savanna La-mar”.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/46b

9700.21
22.6.1964
13.11.1965

Reads: “MONTEGO BAY - ST ANN’S BAY / JAMAICA” with “T.P.O. 3” inserted above the date. Known with the “3” missing.

 

Note: Potter has no listing for 9700.06 or for 9700.11, 9700.12 and 9700.19.