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There have been several types of Mobile Post Office, providing a postal service (and formerly telegraph and telephone services) in locations where a permanent or static office was/is uneconomic or impracticable. Temporary Post Offices were used to replace bomb-damaged POs during the Second World War, while currently Mobile POs are being used in rural locations as one of the "Outreach" services replacing some closed PO branches.
A third category comprises the temporary services provided from specially constructed vehicles, at agricultural shows and other events, using distinctive MOBILE POST OFFICE datestamps. The British Postmark Society has just embarked on a project to list all the known events and locations served by these Mobile POs, and further details will be posted on this page as soon as possible.
Page added 4th May 2009.
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