Travelling Post Office
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Travelling Post Offices Postmarks used on mail which has been sorted on special postal railway coaches or trains, and which may have been picked up and/or delivered at selected points en route.
- Travelling Post Office.
Tab. - Abbreviation for tablet.
Tablet - Usually rectangular extra piece attached to each postage stamp in a sheet (sometimes only to marginal copies) bearing an inscription or other design, ...
In the UK, the first RPO (called a TPO, for Travelling Post Office) was established in 1837 or 1838, and trains quickly became the primary means for moving mail there.
T
T - Tax or Underpaid mail. Various cachets.
T.P.O. - Travelling Post Office.
 See also: Postmark, Used, Stamp, Railway Post Office, Cover
  
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