Mark Collection (#5)

Mooney M20A PH-HRC
Mooney M.20A Mark 20 PH-HRC (msn 1560, ex N8382E). Date: circa 1965

Thai paratroop trainees preparing to jump
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 04:On the mark! Action -Station -Signature- (Action stations - preparing to jump from the Valetta) Date: 1955

Emblems of the Evangelists and The Passion. The symbols of the four Evangelists are here depicted in the Book of Kells. The four winged creatures symbolize, clockwise from top left, Matthew, Mark

The French army of occupation in Cairo leave their mark on the city : the residents are not amused Date: 1798

Spotlight Parrotfish Date: 1743

Winged lion statue of Saint Mark on a granite column in the Piazzetta. Venice. Italy

Advert for Geo. Salter & Co. household items Advert for Geo. Salter & Co
Selection of household specialities, available from Geo. Salter & Co. in West Bromwich. Date: 1887

FALL / LABRADOR / 1972
CHAMPION SANDYLANDS MARK Owner: Broadley Date: 1972

FALL / PAPILLON / 1977
A group of four Gerlil champions, owned by Mark and Nancy Hutchings. Date: 1977

FALL / TIBETAN TERRIER / 47
MARK OF LAMLEH Owner: Greig Date: 1947

Mark Twain - Holding Cat
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) is very fond of pets, especially kittens

SWAN UPPING 1
Swan-upping on the Thames (catching young swans to mark them) Date: 1873

Oyster Day 1851
Oyster Day, 25th July (also St James Day) children sell oysters in the street to mark the beginning of the season Date: 1851

Corn Exchange building in Mark Lane 1845
The Corn Exchange building in Mark Lane, London. Date: 1845

Boys - Sledge - Sledging - (Buxton Impress Mark), Buxton, Derbyshire, England. Date: 1920s

Percival P. 56 Mark 2 G-23-1 (later WG503)
the Percival P.56 Mark 2 G-23-1 (later WG503), 3rd prototype of the Percival P.56 Provost and first Provost to be powered by an Alvis Leonides engine (hence the non-production engine cowling)

Mooney M. 20C Mark 21 G-ASLZ
Mooney M.20C Mark 21 G-ASLZ at a Biggin Hill Air Fair Date: 1960s

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, Supermarine
Supermarine Seagull Mk.II taxiing on a lake. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS (1893-1965) was a Scottish peer

Forbes Robertson as Mark Embury in Mice and Men. 1910s

Bristol 105 Bulldog IIIA / 3A
One of only Two RAF Bristol Bulldog 3As Built As a Private Venture by Bristol - This Aircraft Powered by a Cowled Mercury Ivs 560HP Radial Engine Date: 1930s

Gloster Gladiator 1 J-8
Swedish Airforce Gloster Gladiator Parked Date: 1930s

Handley Page HP-57 Halifax B-2
Royal Airforce 35 Squadron Handley Page HP.57 Halifax B2 Parked Date: 1940s

Bristol B-170 Super Freighter Mk 32
Air Charter Limited Acl, UK Bristol B-170 Super Freighter Mk 32 Date: 1950s

Bristol B-170 Freighter Mk 31E
Air Charter Limited Acl, UK Bristol B-170 Freighter Mk 31E Parked on Grass Date: 1950s

A Type 1 Mk 4 / IV Gun Turret Date: 1940s

Supermarine Spitfire 5A / VA
A Supermarine Spitfire 5A / Va Parked on Grass with the Tropical Modification and Marking H&H on Fuselage Date: 1941

Supermarine Spitfire 5C / VC
A Supermarine Spitfire 5C / Vc with the Tropical Modification, South African Air Force with 250 Lb Bombs Date: 1940s

Supermarine Spitfire 5 / V
A Supermarine Spitfire 5 / V Parked with the Tropical Modification, Maltas 1000 Th Date: 1940s

Supermarine Spitfire 1 / I
RAF Spitfire 1S of 72 Squadron flying in formation over the Coastline and Sea Date: 1941

Supermarine Spitfire 5B / VB
A Supermarine Spitfire 5B / Vb Parked with the Tropical Modification Date: 1940s

Four Westland Whirlwinds of No. 2 Flying Training School?
Four Westland Whirlwinds of No.2 Flying Training School, RAF Shawbury, near Shrewsbury, make a final flight over their base on 17 December 1980

London Underground - Metropolitan Line - Single Ticket #625 from 1895 - Mansion House to Moorgate Street via Mark Lane - 3d - Third Class. Date: 1895

San Francisco, California, USA - Mark Hopkins Hotel Date: 1928

Pattern 1908, Cavalry Trooper?s sword, 1915 (c). Blade marked with arrow over EFD, crown over 7I RE, crown over 76E and crown over 71 RE? 15, and sold out mark. Made by Royal Small Arms Factory

Pattern 1897 Japanese arisaka bayonet sword, used in both World Wars; single edged blade, mark of Kokura arsenal. The bayonet incorporated a quillon designed to catch and break an opponent

Silver Jubilee 1935 - Sunny Snaps
Sunny Snaps operated in a number of different locations (often on the south coast), taking walking pictures, which they would then sell to the subjects

Advert Theodore Hamblin, fold-away spectacles 1937
Trade mark spectacle, that fold into a compact case, available from Theodore Hamblin, Wigmore Street, London. Date: 1937

Carolingian Empire (s. VIII). Duel Scene between two knights. Carolingian art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Grass Snake - tracks in sand dunes - desert (Natrix natrix). Caspian sea shore - near Krasnovodsk -Turkmenistan. Spring - April

Tank handbag advertisement, WW1
A novelty hand bag in the shape of a tank, available from Mark Cross Ltd of Regent Street in 1918. 1918

Traditional facial scarification in Congo, Central Africa
Traditional facial scarification of a woman in the Congo, Central Africa. The text on the back of the card reads thus: " The old man and her have not fallen out - oh no

Diagram of the Proto breathing apparatus set, WW2
Exploded diagram of the Mark IV Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set, showing its working parts

Royal Wedding 1986 - the royal family
Diana, Princess of Wales leans further forward in her seat than the other members of the royal family in order to catch a glimpse of the approaching bride

Marriage of Princess Anne to Mark Phillips
The Marriage of Princess Anne to Mark Phillips, a Lieutenant in the 1st Queens Dragoon Guards, at Westminster Abbey on 14th November 1973. Date: 1973

56 Fenchurch Street, London
The premise of Sharpe and Son, tea dealers and grocers(estd. 1725), located at 56 Fenchurch Street, on the corner of Mark Lane, London. Date: 1838

Experiment with British Mark V tank, WW1
Experimentation with a British Mark V tank, fitted with rope-sprung tracks by Colonel Johnson at Dollis Hill, north west London, during the First World War

Stone pillar indicating height above sea level
This stone pillar on the South Downs, near Seaford, East Sussex, England, is an Ordnance Survey bench mark, indicating the exact height above sea level

National Insurance Card
A postcard to mark the introduction by Lloyd George of the National Insurance scheme

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