Location of FPO 1023

[usjoeden]

Hi all!

I have an envelope to the 1/6 QEO Gurkha Rifles at Lodar Camp, Aden.
It is postmarked [b]FIELD POST OFFICE 1023[/b], dated 16 MAY 1963.

Please, any information about the FPO 1023 is valuable.

Regards,
Ulf
PS - CU in April!

[Michael Dobbs]

Ulf

We have no record of its use in 1963:

Apr 1955 - Bodney South, Thetford, UK
Jul-Aug 1961 - Bournley Camp, Aldershot, UK

Nov 1970 - 1984 - BFPO 30 (Hohne, Germany)

"The Dhow" (Volume 4, No 1, March 2003) the magazine for a study group for those who collect, amngst others, Aden and Yemen.  This particular issue contains a detailed article "Aden Military Markings" by Brian Allcock.  Despite a long listing of post-WW2 FPO postal markings, FPO 1023 is not listed.

Your cover appears to indicate use in Aden in 1963 - a new recording.  I would welcome other recordings  to confirm and expand period of use in Aden.

Thank you, Mike  ;)

[akennedy]

it may be as Mike suggests located in Aden as it is addressed within that area.
However is it definitely 1023?
Alistair

[usjoeden]

Mike and Alistair!

It is my fault - the cover is addressed [b]to[/b] the Lodar Camp from - I assume - the UK. The cover has British adhesives, postmarked the first date of use. It may be a phliatelic cover, but the addressee is within my range of interest.

Regards

Ulf

[Michael Dobbs]

Ulf

Very many thanks for the scan - well, even if it is [b]not[/b] from Aden ([u]my[/u] mistake for not reading your message correctly), it is [b]definitely[/b] FIELD POST OFFICE 1023 and is [b]definitely[/b] dated 16 MY 63 and is still a [b]new[/b] recording, even if we don't know from where !

It may not be from the UK, there is no indication as to where it is from.  I may well turn this into a query for the Journal.

Regards, Mike  :D