MPOS Press Release 14-0721. For immediate distribution to the Philatelic press and Internet.

TRANSIT POSTMARK COLLECTOR JUL/AUG 2014

TRANSIT POSTMARK COLLECTOR Volume 65, No. 5

Will Keller writes again about the Portland & Seaside HPO. Better scans of schedules and an addendum to the earlier articles is given. He also writes about an interesting commemorative cover, with a Buff. & Chi. WD R.P.O. postmark, but running from Chicago to Detroit.

In News from the Cities, David Gentry illustrates a new earliest known date for the Cleveland Circuit R.P.O. The postmark is a Cleveland Circuit flag cancel CL-1-b.

Bob Swanson illustrates a World War I soldier's letter written on a hospital train.

New railroad postmarks are illustrated, submitted by various collectors.

There is a mail bid sale for society members and much more!

Mobile Post Office Society, founded in 1950, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the study of enroute distribution of mail, emphasizing postal history of the USA but including information and study of operations from all countries of the world. Interested collectors can receive a sample copy of the award-winning periodical "Transit Postmark Collector" for $2.00 postpaid, and/or a membership application by writing to Doug Clark, PO Box 427, Marstons Mills MA 02648 or by email to Doug.

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