Army Post Office: A post office catering to the needs of defence personnel.
Auction: Sale of stamps & other philatelic material where collectors bid for the lots.
Army Post Office: An official United States post office for use by U.S. military units abroad. An army post office or military post office is set up to distribute mail to and from military personnel.
army post office (APO)—A branch of a designated USPS civilian post office, which falls under the jurisdiction of the postmaster of either New York City or San Francisco, that serves either Army or Air Force personnel.
Army Post Office (APO) - During the Civil War, the Civilian Postal Service delivered mail. A postmaster was assigned to each regiment and there was a post office on the battlefield for troops.
- Army Post Office.
Above Privilege Number - A handstamp applied to a letter disallowed under the Franking system.
Accessories - Full range of stamp collecting tools and aids, e.g.
APO — "Army post office" or "air force post office." This acronym comes from the military, an institution known for spitting out acronyms the way the winning contestant spits out seeds at a watermelon eating contest.
A P O - Army Post Office used by U.S. military personnel stationed abroad.
: British Army Post Office.
Bar: 1: lines used for canceling stamp; 2: part of surcharge which obliterates original value.
BAR: letter-code within cds (q.v.) assigned to Barrouallie, St. Vincent, BWI (1873-1884), 1871 pop. 1,219.
Army and Air Force Post Office - (formerly Army Post Office) A U.S. post office established for military units overseas. APOs, as they are called, first established in 1917, are designated by a number.
In the United States a close equivalent is the Army Post Offices (APOs), the Air Force Post Offices (AFPOs) and the Fleet Post Offices (FPO in the U.S.).
 See also: Army, Stamp, Used, Cover, Local
  
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