List Of British Fpos From The 1970-S

Hi,

I've got a cover that was postmarked 21 October 1972 by British FPO 940 and I can't seem to find a listing of where this might have been.

Could anyone point me in the direction of a source?

Many thanks,

Larry

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This link may be of some help, but to use it one must be a member of the Great Britain Philatelic Society.

http://www.gbps.org.uk/displays/fpo-bef-1939-40/

Don

I cannot find your BFPO 940 listed anywhere. Perhaps if you posted a scan of the cover there might be a clue.
In the meantime, there is a list of BFPO locations... Static, Ships and Operations... which are in current use.
This links to a web page with a pdf file titled "British Forces Post Office Locations"
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ce-locations

Thanks.

I am attaching a scan of the cover and from what is written on the front of the cover, it would appear to have been sent and received in HK. But, I would like to make sure that this is in fact the case.


Best,

Larry

What you have is a Field Post Office datestamp which would be issued for operational or other reasons to military personnel "out in the field". BFPO 1 was located in Hong Kong until 1997 and the FPO940 would be a CDS issued for use "in the field" or some location within the BFPO 1 area. The number value of the FPO would change but the BFPO number was fixed.

The image below is of a FPO cancel issued to the Royal Engineers during a display in Huddersfield, England and, in this case, the FPO was given the number 1015. Unfortunately the UK postal service thought fit to cancel it a second time


This FPO was given the number 991 which could be random or just next on the list but with other information can be associated with BFPO 22 in Germany...