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At NAPEX, held in Washington D.C. 3rd to 5th June 2011, Robin Gwynn and Norman Hoggarth's 'Railway Disaster Mail' was awarded a Gold Medal, the NAPEX Literature Reserve Grand Award for Handbooks and the American Philatelic Society Award for Research - Literature. Congratulations to Robin and Norman. The book is available from the Trust.

RAILWAY DISASTER MAIL

By Robin Gwynn FRPSL, FRPNZ and Norman Hoggarth




The picture of the Tay Bridge Disaster recalls the great words of William Topaz McGonagall, Poet & Tragedian of Dundee. His famous poem, published by David Winter & Son Ltd, of Dundee, begins ....


The Tay Bridge Disaster

Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay!

Alas! I am very sorry to say

That ninety lives have been taken away

On the last Sabbath day of 1879,

Which will be remember'd for a very long time.



A hardback book of 326 pages, with colour throughout, this new book deals with mail damaged on the Railways / Railroads by whatever means, anywhere in the world. Mail from 34 different countries Argentina to Yugoslavia, and Disasters between 1850 and 1995, covering 528 different events is recorded providing a wealth of information for the Postal, Social or Railway Historian. This book opens up a previously unexplored area.
ISBN 978-0-9545207-4-8

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Hugh Feldman on 'Postal History Research' at the Royal Philatelic Society London, on Friday November 2nd 2012 at 5.00 p.m.

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LETTER RECEIVERS of LONDON

by Hugh Feldman

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ROYAL REFORM

by Charles Goodwyn

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New Channel Islands Forwarding Agents Book Letter Forwarding Agents of Great Britain handling Channel Islands letters 1673 -1855. by David Gurney FRPSL, 170 pages A5 , profusely illustrated in B/W, Ring bound £9.50 + postage & packing ISBN 978-0-9545207-7-9

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Powerpoint Presentation of the 2011 Stuart Rossiter Memorial Lecture by Colin Tabeart, at the RPS London.

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Volume 3 of Netherlands Mail in Times of Turmoil 1815 - 1839 1795-1815


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Volume 2 of Netherlands Mail in Times of Turmoil 1795-1815


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Railway Disaster Mail

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