London E (GB)

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London East Office arose when the main London office was split into the London Districts.

London E

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
E - Eastern District Office 1 October 1859 - also a money Order Office Re designated Commercial Rd.East 2 April 1860 Telegraph Office 1870. Code - EDO Eastern District Office 1 November 1889 at 195 Whitechapel Rd	By 1907 at No.206 MSPO 6 March 1995	Closed 6 August 2014 Became Eastern Main located at 208a-210 Whitechapel Road 7 August 2014

Modern LONDON E4014 2nd Class cancel on 19p Machin undated

1d Pink Stationery cancelled LONDON E 1885 Code Y. Posted to Chichester via the Station Office

Sub-Offices

Bow

Bow Station Office

Bow Station Office

Bow Road is a closed railway station in Bow, East London, that was opened in 1876 on the Bow Curve branch line by the Great Eastern Railway (GER). The station building was situated slightly west of a former North London Railway (NLR) station called Bow and near the current Bow Road Underground station and Bow Church DLR station. Bow Road station was re-sited in 1892 to a site 3 miles down-line from Fenchurch Street. It was closed in 1949.

The London and Blackwall Railway (LBR) was leased later in 1866 and some 10 years later on 1 October 1876 the GER built a new station south of Bow Road, which was named Bow Road and stood on the original site of Bromley and Bow station, but the new station had wooden platforms that had to be cantilevered off the viaduct. There was a small booking office at street-level with stairs leading up to the platform each side of the viaduct.

On 3 September 1881 there was a collision at Bow Road when a train ran into the back of a stationary train which had failed at the station. The driver and fireman of the moving train were killed and 11 passengers were injured.

In the inquiry that followed the cause was deemed to be the failure of the signalman to protect the rear of the train by setting signals to "danger". The train crew were criticised in that while they had noticed the signals were not at "danger", they had failed to inform the signalman. The guard of the first train was also criticised for not having properly protected the rear of the failed train. In 1892 Bow Road passenger station was re-sited to the north and an interchange walkway provided with the neighbouring NLR's Bow station.

After closure, the first station building was used as a coal office, later an auctioneer, then in 1912 was converted to a cinema.

Chingford

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Post Office by 1857 Under Woodford Green by 1867 Numeral 833 issued 1877 Money Order Office by 1880 Telegraph Office 24 January 1882. Code used = CHK Renamed Station Rd 1 December 1893	See Chingford Station Road Office.

CHINGFORD E4

Chingford Station Rd Office

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Renamed from Chingford 1 December 1893	Money Order Office, Savings Bank & Telegraph Office. Code used = CHK - ex Chingford Telegraph code changed. Code used = ZVM 8 December 1937 Moved from No.113 to No.104 station road 1972 Changed from a BO to Modified Scale Payment Office 7 February 1994	Still a MSPO January 2016

CHINGFORD STATION ROAD Post Office Counter stamp

Chingford Mount Branch Office

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
No office	Post Office, Money Order Office and Savings Bank 1927 noted in the Post Office Circular 2 March 1927 Telegraph Office 26 February 1930. Code used = ZVM Changed from a TSO to a BO 26 November 1937 Telegraph code changed. Code used = CHK Changed from a BO to a Modified Scale Payment Office 1990's	Moved from 24 Old Church Rd to 229 Chingford Mount Rd 25 September 2006 Changed to a Main Office 31 July 2014 Status the same January 2016

CHINGFORD MOUNT Post Office Counter stamp

Clapton

UPPER CLAPTON Old Hill Street office on a Parcel label 1900

Hackney

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Hackney Church Street - Money Order Office 14 February 1840 Became Hackney, Richmond Rd by 1859 Money Order Office 1 July 1861 Savings Bank 11 November 1861 Money Order and Savings Bank services discontinued by October 1863 From 1871 / 1874 sorting office only Became Hackney, Mare St (305) - Money Order Office & Savings Bank 1 February 1869 Telegraph Office 1870. Code - MFT Became Hackney Nr Railway Station 1 June 1895	Closed 31 July 1908 Became Hackney (Mare St.236) BO 1 August 1908 Money Order, Savings Bank & Telegraph Office. Code - HYM Closed 3 July 1929 Became Hackney B.O (nr.Town Hall) 3 July 1929 Money Order, Savings Bank & Telegraph Office. Code - HYM By 1958 in Paragon Rd Allocated to E9 1972 Replaced by 382, Mare St (MSPO) 27 January 1997	no changes

HACKNEY (S.O.) E control code 4

Leytonstone

Leytonstone 1973

Poplar

Poplar 1936

Woodford & South Woodford

Offices the first opposite Grove Hill known simply as Woodford and one on George Lane known as South Woodford. A third was near the Church on Snakes Lane. A fourth was on the other side of the railway line to George Lane on Marlborough Road.

1908 Woodford & South Woodford Essex - Squared Circle #2 used on mails leaving by train.

1915 Woodford & South WoodfordDouble Circle cancel with Bars and #1

Dalston Greenwood Road

Although this cancellation shows the NE district, it is in fact a sub office of Hackney

Post office from 1 July 1868
Money Order Office & Savings Bank 1 October 1868
Renamed Richmond Rd 2 December 1889
Re-established 1 April 1902
Closed 1971

DALSTON GREENWOOD RD N.E. posting

Wood Street

Sub Office of Walthamstow
Wood St - Money Order Office 1 July 1856
Savings Bank 16 September 1861
By 1871 Walthamsto, Wood St.
Telegraph Office 5 September 1893. Code - WWO
Changed from TSO to BO29 September 1951
Changed from BO to MSPO 11 March 1996
Main Post Office 1 March 2013

Wood St Walthamstow E17 - Post Office Counter handstamp.