Military Mail

24/06/2026

All postal history has a story to tell, some of normal arrangements, some of exceptional arrangements to deliver the post in both peacetime and at war. But some postal history tells a great story and allows the owner to have a piece of history in their collection. This simple POW postcard asking for a pay statement was sent by Cpl William Day No. 187599 a Royal Engineer https://www.commandoveterans.org/operation_chariot serving with the Royal Marine Commandoes, captured and taken POW during Operation Chariot, the Combined Operations Raid at St Nazaire. https://www.combinedops.com/St%20Nazaire.htm

13/06/2026

https://www.abps.org.uk/event/banbury-festival-of-stamps-2026/

12/06/2026

Day out tomorrow - come along and view our stock:

Swindon Philatelic Society can confirm there will be a 'Swinpex 2026' and will be held on Saturday 13 th June 2026 Venue to be Grange Leisure & Community Centre, Stratton St.Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4JY.

02/06/2026

Why not check our eBay lots for a sale through to this Friday. https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/themilitarymailman?_pgn=2&_tab=shop

02/06/2026

No following Military mail - send us a message or check our website www.militarymail.co.uk for future details. New stock every week.

15/05/2026

Stunning card this - scarce Field Post Office W1 only used for 16 weeks with the Western Frontier Force at Mersa Mutruh Egypt. Clearly handled by the Army Post Office, handed to the civilian post hexagonal T tax mark applied and sent to the USA, with postage due collected in New York. If you ever struggle with WW1 APO/FPO allocations, drop me a message and I will try and help out

13/05/2026

Just coming to the end of a 7 day eBay Sale. If you follow us on eBay, you can get 10% discount on all items we have listed at any time. Please do not buy on eBay, just message us or email at [email protected], as we will invoice and you make a saving.

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Welcome to my eBay shop. I am a specialist dealer in wartime and military postal history and letters, you will see material which includes censored mail, military post, military and wartime postal stationary, V mail and airgraphs and much much more. Please buy with confidence, I have been a dealer/....

07/05/2026

https://www.militarymail.co.uk

04/05/2026

Christmas is coming, well a few new Christmas 1945 Air Letter from British troops in India and Malaya have been added to stock for our next listings.

04/05/2026

Preparation underway for the next upload to the Military Mail website at www.militarymail.co.uk including some very nice WW1 Canadian Expeditionary Force cards.