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The '''Fandom GPO<ref>GPO, General Post Office, the UK state post carrier from 1635 to 1969.</ref>''' ('''FGPO''') was a correspondence mechanism proposed by [[Julian Parr]] and operated by [[J. Michael Rosenblum]] in the 1940s. Parr's proposal in ''[[Futurian War Digest]]'' #5 (February 1941) was that:

 Each fan sends his letters, to other fans, or [[fanzines|fan-mags]] in one big envelope (each letter in its own small envelope) to Michael Rosenblum, and encloses 1d for each letter. Mr. R, while publishing ''[[Fido]]'' sends it out in a large envelope, enclosing the letters received for him, to each fan. 

In ''Futurian War Digest'' #8 (May 1941), Rosenblum listed 58 UK participants as well as [[Leslie Croutch]] ([[Canada]]), [[Bert Castellari]] ([[Australia]]), and [[Julius Unger]], [[Harry Warner]], and [[Milton Rothman]] ([[US]]). the scheme operated as Parr had proposed and letters:

 ... will be mailed out at the end of the month with ''Fido'', except those to editors of [[Fido's Litter|accompanying sheets]] who will be dealt with each fortnight. Please be careful as regards weight – don't overun two ounces per letter, or one ounce for foreign ones.

It's unclear how long the system lasted. In any event it can't have outlasted ''Futurian War Digest'' which ended in 1945 but Rosenblum reported no new recruits to the scheme after December 1941 so it likely ended much earlier.

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