Mail Collection (#18)

Maeterlinck Photo
MAURICE MAETERLINCK Belgian writer, author of Pelleas et Melisande etc. photographed receiving his morning mail in 1915. Date: 1862-1949

Carrying Mail Sacks
Trusty workers at the General Post Office, lugging huge sacks of heavy mail over their shoulders. Date: early 1930s

Madame Loubet (His Maman
MADAME LOUBET mother of the French president receiving her morning mail from the postman. Date: 1899

Snow Mail Van
An ingenious mail van, fitted with skis to cope with winter snow and adverse weather conditions! Date: early 1930s

P & O Express Mail Steamer strathmore
P & O Express Mail Steamer Strathmore. Shoesmith, Kenneth Denton 1890 - 1939

The Knight by Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov
The Knight - a painting by Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848-1926). Date: 15th century

Postal Sack Label - Royal Mail - postage from London (SW1) to Aberdeen Date: circa 1970s

Ukbekistan - Mail Carrier distributing newspapers
Ukbekistan (former Soviet Central Asia) - A horseback Mail Carrier distributing newspapers in the native language. Date: 1933

Picking up the mail! A photo taken in July 1929 between Boston and New York. Date: 1929

Beardmore WBIIB, G-EARX, air-mail transport

The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail prize
The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British in September 1909. Horace Short is on the right

The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail 1000
The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British in September 1909. Horace Short is on the right

J T C Moore-Brabazon winning the Daily Mail 1000 prize
J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon winning the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British aeroplane in the Short Biplane No2 at Leysdown in

Short 360 of Royal Mail Special Services at Aberdeen Airport

Britains first aerial mail arrives at Windsor. The Postmaster of Windsor hands letters to a postman for delivery. Gustav Hamel, who brought the mail from Hendon

Boulton & Paul P64 Mail Carrier G-ABYK
Boulton & Paul P64 Mail Carrier, G-ABYK

Mail being loaded into a Ford Tri-Motor circa 1930
Mail being loaded into a Ford Tri-Motor. circa 1930. Date: 1930

Westland Scout AH1 XV122 acting as mail men
Westland Scout AH1, XV122, acting as mail men during Exercise Spearpoint

Westland Sikorsky S-51 G-AKCU of BEA
Westland Sikorsky S-51, G-AKCU, of BEA leaving after loading mail at Mudford

The Hon Esmond Harmsworth the son of Lord Rothermere
The Hon Esmond Harmsworth, the son of Lord Rothermere, presents Amy Johnson with the Daily Mail cheque for 10, 000 and a gold cup from the youth of Great Britain at a luncheon in her honour at

Loading mail bags into de Havilland DH86 Express Air Liner, G-AEFH Neptune, of Railway Air Services at Ards Airport in 1937. Date: 1937

de Havilland DH86 Express Air Liner of British Airways being loaded with mail at Gatwick Airport in 1937. Date: 1937

Sopwith Bat Boat II The Daily Mail machine 1914
Sopwith Bat Boat II. The Daily Mail machine. 1914. Date: 1914

A SABCA-manufactured Fokker FVIIb-3ms OO-AIH of Sabena
A SABCA-manufactured Fokker FVIIb-3ms, OO-AIH, of Sabena seen ready to leave Brussels on a night mail flight to Croydon

Henry Ford loads the first sack of air mail for Cleveland, Ohio, from Detroit at the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, 29 January 1924. Date: 1924

The first Australia to England air mail leaves Archerfield Aerodrome at 6 am on 25 April 1931. From left: Hudson Fysh, md, Qantas; C. Fisher, superintendent of mails; R.B. Tapp, pilot; W.A

Heinkel He116V-2 D-AJIE Schlesien
Heinkel He116V-2, D-AJIE, Schlesien, long-distance mail carrier

Change of horses in the diligence of South London
" Change of horses in the diligence of " South London Royal Mail". Engraving by James Harris (1807-1846) from a Henderson painting. Engraving."

The steamship Emperatriz Eugenia. The Transatlantic Company. Engraving by Leducy. Litography

Letter from Federico Garc�Lorca to Jos頍ar�
Letter from Federico Garcic Lorca to Jos頍 aric Pemᮮ

Madrid (19th c. ). Real Casa de Correos (Royal
Madrid (19th c.). Real Casa de Correos (Royal Mail House) in Puerta del Sol. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Official mailbag used in the mail between the city of Quito and Cuenca (Ecuador). Made in leather. Sculpture

Mail carriage with five horses (19th c.). Litography

Postman and postwoman
People You See. Postman and postwoman. From Teddy Bear (14 December 1963)

Loading mails at the docks in London circa 1930

GLC-LFB Breathing apparatus cylinder van
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Cover design, Sabena airmail service, between Belgium and the Congo in five days. Showing part of the globe with a red line marking the route. March 1935

Cover design, Circuit of Britain Programme
Cover design, official programme issued by the Royal Aero Club for the Circuit of Britain 1010 Miles Air Race for the Second 10, 000 Daily Mail prize

Air Mail Poster
GPO poster, Use Air Mail. Showing the outline of a monoplane on a black background. 1934

GPO By Air Mail Poster

Saloon passenger list - White Star Line steamship services
White Star Line steamship services between New York and Liverpool, United States and Royal Mail : saloon passenger list. 1882

Soldier of the Royal Guard. Ancient dress not yet entirely obsolete - Coat & helmet are lined with a mail of hard leather - & studded with iron buttons

Night scene at an American railway junction: Lightning Express, Flying Mail, and Owl Trains, on time. Date c1876. Night scene at an American railway junction: Lightning Express, Flying Mail

Delivery of the mail at Rand Airport - Johannesburg
Card issued for the Empire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa. The airmail section of the General Post Office in Johannesburg

Official postcard of the Empire Exhibition, Johannesburg - reverse of one of the cards Date: 1936

An Allan Line Royal Mail triple screw steamer
The Allan Line Royal Mail triple screw steamer, " Victorian" and " Virginian". (12000 tons). Allan Line was bought by Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1917

South Africa - Transfer by basket at East London
South Africa - Passengers transferred by basket from the Mail Steamer at East London Date: circa 1910s

Collecting the mail on Christmas Eve - Ashley Street, London
Collecting the mail on Christmas Eve 1955 - Ashley Street, London. The postal van bears the slightly humorous slogan (in regard to the date this photograph was taken) Post Early for Christmas !

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