We have a range of publications and models available, for a full list please write to POVC Sales, 65 Laburnum Grove, Brands Hill, SLOUGH, Berks., SL3 8QT or e-mail povctreasurer@btinternet.com.

Please make cheques or postal orders payable to the “Post Office Vehicle Club” and send to POVC Sales at above address or to pay by BACS e-mail povctreasurer@btinternet.com for our account details.

Other recent publications are as follows:

• Section 2D was issued in two parts. Part 1. gives the history and allocations for vehicles bought by the GPO in the Wartime years 1940 to 1942 (registrations GGH to GUW). It was followed by part two detailing 1943 to 1945 (registration GXK to HGY). It runs to 298 pages with 52 photographs and is available at £22 including postage and packing. Part 2. details the 1943 to 1945 vehicles (registrations GXK to HGY). It runs to 314 pages with 47 photographs. It is also priced at £22 including postage and packing. Order both parts together the price will be £41 including postage and packing.
• Another new publication is BT2025, a listing of BT/Openreach vehicles recorded up until mid-March. Available only as electronic version on request to markskillen@btinternet.com.

Post Office Vehicles 1976 detailing the full history of the postal vehicles bought by the Post Office in 1976 with much background history on their deployment and purchase. 167 pages of illustrated text with 8 pages of colour photographs illustrating most of the types of postal vehicle bought in 1976 in perfect-bound A5 format. £20 including postage and packing.

1. Also Post Office Vehicles 1975 detailing the full history of the postal vehicles bought by the Post Office in 1975 with much background history on their deployment and purchase. 172 pages of text with 24 pages of (mainly) colour photographs illustrating virtually all the types of postal vehicle bought in 1975 in perfect-bound A5 format. £20 including postage and packing.
2. The companion volume detailing 1975 telephone vehicles is available at £20 including postage and packing. 244 pages of text and 12 pages of colour photographs in perfect-bound A5 format.
3. Postbuses – the Final Chapter (56 pages of text, 12 pages of photographs; A5 stapled) available at £9 including postage and packing.
4. Post Office Telephone Vehicles 1978. A5 perfect bound published July 2017. 260 pages perfect bound plus 12 pages of mainly colour photographs. £18 including postage and packing.
5. Post Office Vehicles 2000 detailing the full-service history of nearly 13,000 vans, trucks and trailers obtained in the financial year 2000-01. A5 perfect bound, it runs to 352 pages plus 24 pages of colour photographs, it retails at £20 including postage and packing.

A new edition of GPO Vehicles 1946-1969: A Concise Guide was published in 2016; this book now in its fourth edition summarises Post Office vehicles in the period from the end of the Second World War to the creation of the Post Office Corporation in October 1969. This was the period when GPO vehicles were registered in complete registration series. The book has 148 pages (including 20 pages of contemporary photographs) in A5 perfect bound format. Available at £12.00 including postage and packing.

Telephone Service Vehicles since 1906 by Bill Aldridge has been published by Nostalgia Road. 64 pages, A5 format with a good selection of photographs of GPO, Post Office Telephones, British Telecom and BT vehicles over the year. Many of the photographs have been taken by Club members. £7.95 including postage and packing.

The latest edition of our Preserved Vehicles listing was published in 2014. This is the seventh edition of this popular book, listing all known preserved or surviving former GPO, Post Office, British Telecom and Royal Mail vehicles. 144 pages, A5, perfect bound with 35 assorted photographs of restored vans. Available at £12.50 including postage and packing.

A new Concise Guide covering British Telecom vehicles from 1981 to 2006 was published in December 2015. 152 pages, 125 colour photographs in A5 perfect-bound format. This book summarises the vehicles bought by BT in its first twenty-five years (1981-2006). Available at £15.00 including postage and packing.

The earlier books on postbuses are also available: British Bus Publishing has published the POSTBUS HANDBOOK. 136 pages with details of vehicles and routes at £12.50. In addition, we have published two earlier updates, POSTBUSES 1998-2004 and POSTBUSES 1998-2006. Each update is priced at £5. All five (Handbook and four updates) together are priced at £28. The third edition includes an extra eight pages of colour photographs bringing the story up to date to 2005Available at £9.95 including postage and packing. All five (Handbook and four updates) together are priced at £28.

Still available is ROYAL MAIL in the Trucks in Britain series. This hardback book is a photographic history of the mailvan in the United Kingdom from the late 19th Century through to its publication in 1995. Eighty pages including a colour section. Available at £12.95 including postage and packing.

To bring the story more up to date, we have the MAILVAN HANDBOOK published by British Bus Publishing. 112 pages of photographs of mailvans between 1981 and 2005. Available at £13.25 including postage and packing.

Other publications and models are available, please e-mail POVCmembership@btinternet.com for a list. You can also order by BACS by e-mailing us at povctreasurer@btinternet.com and we will send you details of our account.