RPO

An RPO (Railway Post Office) was a special mail car on a train. Trains loom large in postal history, as may be deduced from the number of stamps on which trains are depicted - the ATA Handbook World Railways Philatelic lists over 10,000 of them, ...

RPO - see Railway Post Office.
*Rural Free Delivery - service of the post office, begun October 1, 1896, that provides mail delivery to rural customers. In the early years mail was postmarked on the route by the carrier.

RPO - Railway Post Office.
RRT - Refers to right side.
RTS. - Return to sender.
Rubber Stamp Address - Address applied to a cover using a rubber stamp.

RPO car interiors, which at first consisted of solid wood furniture and fixtures, would also soon be redesigned. In 1879, an RMS employee named Charles R. Harrison developed a new set of fixtures that soon gained widespread use.

RPO - acronym for 'Railway Post Office'
Rural Free Delivery (RFD) - mail service that provides delivery to rural customers. The service was established in 1896.

RPO and TPO cancels are highly collectible and add an extra dimension to any train collection. These can be collected either on stamps or on covers.

RPO
Railway post office. A system once used by the POD to process mail in railroad cars enroute between cities. A distinctive cancel was used and FDCs exist with RPO postmarks. [Back to top]
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RPO: Railway Post Office. Portable mail-handling equipment for sorting mail in transit on trains. The last official U.S. RPO ran June 30, 1977. RPOs were used in many countries. See also Mobile Post Office.

Railway Post Office (RPO): Portable mail-handling equipment for sorting mail in transit on trains. The last official U.S. RPO ran June 30, 1977. RPOs were used in many countries. See also Mobile Post Office.

As the National Postal Museum is celebrating the Railway Mail Service and its Railway Post Offices (RPO), collectors might consider the odd fact that the last RPO cancel was actually connected not to a train, but a boat.

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