RAILWAYS RESOURCES

Sites

Societies

Mobile Post Office Society (1)
Mobile Post Office Society (2)
The Rail Philatelist Home Page
The Railway Post Office Postmark Society
TPO and SEAPOST Society

Dealers

David Morrison (Railway Crash Mail)

Literature

Chambers, Arthur. Norwegian Travelling Post Offices, Part I, The Railway Markings, 1988, Cockrill No. 56.
Franklin, Finland Railway Cancellations 1870-1917 - authorised reprint from FNS, 1989-1990 (German article with ENGLISH summary).
Goodbody, The Railway Post Offices of Denmark, 1979.
Hjertberg, Railway Mail Coaches and Routes 1868-1968 - Postkupeexpeditioner Postiljons- och Postkupeer 1868-1968,1978; (in Swedish).
Hovard, Danish Railway Post Offices and Their Cancellations, Part I, "The Islands" - De Danske Jernbanebureauer og deres Stempler, del 1, Oerne, 1994 (in Danish).
Hovard, Danish Railway Post Offices and Their Cancellations, Part II, Jylland - De Danske Jernbanebureauer og deres Stempler, del 2, Jylland, 1995 (in Danish).
Kern, Crown and Posthorn, Bus Route, and Railcar Mailbox Cancellations - Posthornstemplerne, Rutebilbreve, Togpost, og p. Ladepost, 1991 (in Danish).
Kiryushkin and Robinson. Russian Railway Postmarks, 1994.
Nathan, N. Ambulantes and Railway Marks Of Spain and Ex-Colonies, (markings; unofficial marks; official marks; circular date; lineal; boxed; Spanish Civil War; Spanish Colonies; Chronology), 1979.
Nathan, S. The Railway Theme In Spanish Philately, 1978.
Ohlsson and Torkelstam ,[Sweden] Ostergotland Postal History, Cancellations, Local Posts, and Railway Stamps - Post och Jarnvagar i Ostergotland, 1985; (in Swedish).
Oscariarnerna, [Sweden] Catalog of PKXP Railway Cancellations 1-114 - PKXP Stamplar 1-114 Katalog, 1992; (in Swedish).
SFF, [Sweden] The Post and Rail in Dal - Post och Jarnvagar pa Dal, 1983; (in Swedish).
Sjogren, Swedish Railway Lines with Numeral Cancellations 1868- 1968: PKXP, PLK, PKP - Svenska Jarnvagsstrackor med Nummerstamplar - PKXP PLK PKP - 1868-1968, 1990; (in Swedish).
Tiemer, Norwegian Railway Cancellation Catalog - Katalog uber Die Stempel der Norwegischen Bahnpost, 1989 2nd edition (in German with English introduction).
Wagerman, Trelleborg-Sassnitz 1897-1945 [Train Ferry service between Sweden and Germany that linked northern Scandinavia to Europe], 1990; (in Swedish with English summary).

Travelling post offices literature

Chambers, Arthur. Norwegian Travelling Post Offices, Part I, The Railway Markings, 1988, Cockrill No. 56; Part II, The Shipboard Markings, 1988, Cockrill Booklet No. 57.
Hill, N. The Railway Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain and Ireland 1838-1975, 1977.
Koopman H. Belgium Cancellations, English translation by A. De Lisle: De Puntstempels van Belgie 1864-1873, [priced catalogue of the dotted killers, and the travelling post offices], 1982; (in Dutch and French).
Presgrave, A. D. Travelling Post Offices of South Australia, 1998.
Smith, Peter A. S. The Travelling Post Offices of Egypt, 1983.
Sr. Emmerich Vamos Sz. The Traveling Post Offices of Chile, 1983.
Wilson, H. T.P.O.; History of the Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain; Part 1: England - "The Specials" and Associated T.P.O.'s, 1971.

USA Railroads

Beardsley et al. San Francisco and Seattle, , Street Car R.P.O. Series by the Mobile Post Office Society, 1984.
Booth. Pittsburgh, , Street Car R.P.O. Series by the Mobile Post Office Society, 1983.
Bruns. The Collection and Distribution Wagon Service: 1896 to 1904, 1986.
Bruns. The First Highway Post Office, no date (highway post office services for Washington, D.C. and Harrisonburg).
Carr, Railway Mail Service, reprint of 1909 work.
Clark and Ruckle. Baltimore, Street Car R.P.O. Series by the Mobile Post Office Society, 1979.
Crossley. Railway Post Offices of California and Nevada, 1991.
Crumbley. Postal Markings of the North Carolina Railroads, 1994.
Dennis, The Travelling Post Office, 1916.
Flack and Stets, Trolley Car Mail Service in Philadelphia 1895-1915, 1971.
Heinen. Boston, Street Car R.P.O. Series by the Mobile Post Office Society, 1981.
Kay, Directory of Route Agent Routes: 1837 to 1882, 1990.
Kimball, Jr., The Beginnings of the True Railway Mail Service, 1989.
Kimball, Jr., U.S. Highway Post Office Cover Catalog, 1974.
King, The New York State Railways, 1975.
Leet, Railway Mail Postmarks of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, 1978.
Long and Dennis. Mail by Rail, 1951.
Lyford and Glenn, The Official Railway Guide to Colorado, 1883, 1978 reprint.
MacDonald, A Catalog of New Jersey Railway Postal Markings, 1984.
MacDonald, Postal Markings of U S. Waterway Routes 1839-1997, 1998.
Mason and Fleming. Chicago, , Street Car R.P.O. Series by the Mobile Post Office Society, 1983.
Mehrer, A Guide to Identifying United States Route and Station Agent Postmarks, 1994.
Modelski, Railroad Maps of the United States, 1975.
MPOS, A History of the Railway Mail Service, 1980 (Collection of articles selected in the field of post offices - markings, history, modes of conveyance and routes).
MPOS, Official Railway Guide to Colorado - 1883, 1978 reprint.
MPOS, The U. S. Railway Post Office Postmark Catalog, 1995.
No author given, Saint Louis, , Street Car R.P.O. Series by the Mobile Post Office Society, 1984.
Price, Brooklyn and New York City, , Street Car R.P.O. Series by the Mobile Post Office Society, 1979.
Remele, United States Railroad Postmarks: 1837 to 1861, 1958.
Stanton and Truax. Washington, DC, , Street Car R.P.O. Series by the Mobile Post Office Society, 1983.
Stets, Philadelphia, , Street Car R.P.O. Series by the Mobile Post Office Society, 1978.
Towle and Meyer. Railroad Postmarks of the United States: 1861 to 1874, no date.
Towle, Centennial Catalog of Arizona Railway Postal Markings, 1980.
Towle, The Catalog of New Mexico Railway Postal Markings, 1981.
Towle, U.S. Route and Station Agent Postmarks, 1976.
Willard, Some Early Railway Postal Routes, 1974.