Communication Collection (page 10)

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Argentina. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Zanzibar. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Luxembourg. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

NWFP - A carrier pigeon Trainer
Pakistan - NWFP (North West Frontier Province) - A carrier pigeon Trainer. Date: circa 1920

Soldier in an office, British Army of the Rhine
Soldier in an office with charts and maps on the wall behind him, British Army of the Rhine, near Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony, in postwar Germany. Date: circa 1946

Callsign postcard for Puerto Rico, North Atlantic Ocean
Callsign postcard KP4BC for LM Rundlett in San Juan, Puerto Rico, North Atlantic Ocean, with handwritten details filled in, dated 17 November 1947

Old style telephone. 1903

Telephone on a wall. 1889

King George V, message to the Empire record (verso), HMV, His Masters Voice, 78 rpm. Broadcast on Christmas Day, 1935. 1935

Brighton Parcel Mail Coach. early 19th century

The Safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways
Automatic devices for preventing accidents: the safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways. How the element of danger from human error or illness is eliminated by mechanical means

Mule-drawn delivery carts outside post office, South Africa
Mule-drawn delivery carts outside a post office, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

French Front messenger-pigeon service 1917
Special mobil messenger-pigeon service lofts built on a motor-vehicle chassis were used in the Western Front during World War One

Cabot Tower - St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador
Cabot Tower is a tower in St. John s, Newfoundland and Labrador, situated on Signal Hill. Construction of the tower began in 1898 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabots discovery of

First and last postbox, Lands End, Cornwall, with Longships Lighthouse in the distance. Date: 1940s

Reichspost staff in Berlin, postwar Germany. The Reichspost (German Empire postal service) was taken over by the Allied Control Council with the Berlin Declaration of June 1945. Date: circa 1946

Old London Characters - Postman with bell

Roadside Telegraph Poles along the road to Ottercops
Fabulous roadside Telegraph Poles along the road to Ottercops, Northumbria. Date: circa 1909

Royal artillery battery exercises in Wales: radio and mule
Royal artillery battery exercises in mountainous Wales, to test the carrying capacity of mules:here a portable radio set is carried on horseback. Date: 1940

Radio station demolished at Spitzbergen, Norway
Engineers demolishing the radio station at Spitzbergen, Norway. The raid, conducted by a mixed Canadian, British and Norwegian force

WW2 radio set from a captured Heinkel III plane
A man examines a radio set from a captured Heinkel III aircraft. It can be used either with kite or rod aerial, and flashes an automatic S.O.S on certain wavelengths. Date: 1940

Christmas and New Year card in shape of telegraph boy
Christmas and New Year card in the shape of a boy holding up a telegraph message. Date: circa early 20th century

Red pillar box with boy and dog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Red pillar box with girl and dog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Victorian Christmas envelope in white, blue and gold. Date: circa 1890s

WW2 Comic Postcard - Short Wave
WW2 - Comic Postcard - Short Wave! A blonde girl has her hair curled into a short wave by a fellow ATS member with some curling tongs - a play on the short wave radio craze

Cartoon, Radio versus Television, by Rich. circa 1930s

Poster, Man with telephone and aeroplanes
Poster, Man on the telephone, apparently booking to fly on an aeroplane, published in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 20th century

Poster, The Speaking Clock
Poster, The Correct Time by the Speaking Clock. 20th century

Poster, Come on the Telephone, designed by E McKnight Kauffer. 1934

Poster, Post That Parcel. 20th century

Poster, The Way to the Complete Home, advertising the need for a telephone. (2 of 2) 20th century

Victorian stationery decorated with initials
Victorian stationery decorated with two sets of initials and an address in Worple Road, Wimbledon, south-west London, dated 21 October 1891. Date: 1891

Red pillar box with robins on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Postman teddy bear delivering a letter, by Lawson Wood. Date: circa 1900s

Practical exercises in fencing. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Poster, Night Telegraph Letters. 20th century

Poster, Use the Transatlantic Telephone, Europe Welcomes You, designed by Eric C Owen. 1937

Poster, Telegrams to Europe at Half Rates. 20th century

Poster, The Telephone in Business, showing a female telephone operator and a map of England. 20th century

Poster, Air Mail, designed by Lee-Elliott. 20th century

Poster, Christmas Greetings to Ships at Sea. 20th century

Poster, Telegrams, in black, grey and beige. 20th century

Poster, Mails for East and South Africa, India, Malaya etc. 20th century

Chinese telephone exchange, Chinatown, San Francisco, USA
Interior, Chinese telephone exchange, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: 1936

Pigeons for message-carrying WWI
Going going gone! During the First World War, homing pigeons were used extensively to transport messages back to their home coop behind the lines. 1917

Naval Signals - Commercial Code Signalling - How are you?
Naval Code Signals - Signalling Flags - How are you? Commercial Code Flags (1857-1900). How are you is signalled (apprently) by the code letters D, W and F. Date: circa 1900

Find the Fault card No. 5 -- telephone kiosk. circa 1930s

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