The BPMA Handstamp Collection
Topics: bpma, catalogue, gpo, handstamps, hm queen, hounslow, penny post, philatelic, post office, provincial penny post, queen elizabeth 2, uniform penny post, volkswagen
by Freya Folåsen, Cataloguer (Collections) The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) museum collection has just about any object type one can think of when it comes to the British postal service: postal stationary, pens and stamps; letterboxes and sorting machines; vehicles and uniforms. A very large part of the collection consists of handstamps: these are implements used to apply a postmark by hand. The BPMA has several thousand handstamps which are in the process of being catalogued and made available online, and 952 handstamps were added to our online catalogue yesterday. The impression of a rare Dumb Canceller Obliterating Handstamp, which has a wooden die The…

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On 5 November, BPMA scooped the BT Visit London Bronze Award for Accessible Tourism 2009. Particular focus of our entry was online provision (such as the Blog and Flickr ), Search Room user support, and steps taken to develop accessible events in the Museum Store. Deborah Turton and Helen Dafter from the BPMA receiving the award We are very proud...
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Our 2010 Events Guide has just arrived in the office and is now available online . As usual the BPMA are hosting an exciting programme of Exhibitions, Walks, Discover Sessions, Talks and Tours. Many of our exhibitions and events next year will also be part of London 2010: Festival of Stamps and relate to the theme of George V, the philatelist...
Every week many people to come to the BPMA to use our Archive Search Room . Whether it’s family historians finding out about their ancestors, historians interested in communications or philatelists furthering their knowledge, all are welcome. Len Stanway, author of the Malaya Study Group’s new book Malaysia and the Federation of Malaya –...
Who Do You Think You Are? Live Just like last year, The British Postal Museum & Archive will have a stand at Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE 2010 , the country’s biggest and most comprehensive family history event, taking place on 26 – 28 February 2010 at Olympia in London. Family History records at the BPMA The British Postal Museum &...
After several years work by our Curatorial team, The Museum of the Post Office in the Community opened to the public yesterday. The launch of the Museum was the final stage in our project at Blists Hill Victorian Town, which saw the BPMA collaborate with the Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust to build a replica Victorian Post Office and a permanent...
Today we joined the growing number of philatelists, stamp collectors and postal historians on Twitter. You can find us at http://www.twitter.com/postalheritage . We’ll be tweeting every weekday on what we’re up to here at The British Postal Museum & Archive. London 2010: Festival of Stamps will no doubt give us plenty to tweet...
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