Courier Collection (page 2)

Russian mail troika. Postal courier in Russia. Date: 1847

Kaffir with Cleft Stick
An African Kaffir letter carrier, carrying a message in a cleft stick Date: 1846

London District Messenger Service - Messenger boy in distinctive uniform with cap at jaunty angle. Date: circa 1905

The third production Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACLF

British Klemm Eagle, G-ACVU; and Airspeed Courier, G-ACJL, at Mildenhall prior to the MacRobertson England to Australia race, October 1934

Neville Stack, Nevil Shute Norway
From left: Unknown, Neville Stack?, Nevil Shute Norway, A. Hessell Tiltman and Lord Grimthorpe, in front of the first production Airspeed AS5 Courier

Airspeed Courier aeroplane
The Airspeed " Courier" aeroplane, a commercial cabin monoplane seating five passengers and one pilot. Date: circa 1936

Zulu & Cleft Stick
A Zulu courier running, carrying a message in a cleft stick

Siberian postman, boat hauled by dogs
A Siberian postman. The post is carried along the River Yenisei, which rises in China (now in Mongolia) and flows through Siberia into the Arctic Ocean

Count Bergami - 1
BARTOLOMEO, count BERGAMI Italian courier and companion to Caroline of Brunswick; her scandalous relationship with him was the basis for her trial, but was not proved. Date: circa 1805-1815

Count Bergami - 2
BARTOLOMEO, count BERGAMI Italian courier, companion to Caroline, queen of George Prince of Wales; their scandalous relationship led to her trial for adultery. Date: circa 1805-1815

Postal Courier, C17
Capt. Bedlow carrying letters to Forraigne Parts. Date: 1684

German Newspaper 1804
Front page of the HALLESCHE KURIER, with a nice woodcut of a courier blowing his horn as he brings the news to the patrons of a country tavern. Date: 3 May 1804

South Africa postman
Native South Africa letter carrier, carrying a message in a cleft stick Date: 1868

Changing horses at the Pony Express Date: circa 1860

Poster, Carry by Sidecar, commercial transport - the most economical form of motor delivery. Date: circa 1935

The Dogs of War - trained animals at work at the front
Messenger dogs, trained at the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness, pictured in action delivering messages at the front in a page from the Illustrated London News. Date: 1918

The Dogs of War - training messenger dogs at Shoeburyness
Page from the Illustrated London News illustrating the work of the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness on the Essex coast in training dogs to become messengers at the front during the First World

United States, 19th c. Outward Bound, clipper Ship. Printed by Courier & Ives. Litography

Bartolomeo Count Bergami
BARTOLOMEO, count BERGAMI Italian courier and companion to Caroline of Brunswick; her scandalous relationship with him was the basis for her trial, but was not proved. Date: circa 1820

Count Bartolomeo Bergami
BARTOLOMEO, count BERGAMI Italian courier, companion to Caroline, queen of George Prince of Wales; their scandalous relationship led to her trial for adultery. Date: circa 1815

Female Air Traffic Clerk
Patricia Page-Taven, the smart Air Traffic Clerk and Courier for B.O.A, C. India, Far East and Australia, seen here answering the telephone at her desk with colleague. Date: 1940s

Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACNZ, fitted with a Napier Rapie?
Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACNZ, fitted with a Napier Rapier engine for test and demonstration work

Thessaloniki, Greece - Quai Messageries. Date: circa 1901

The first production Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACJL, competed in the MacRobertson England to Australia race of October 1934

Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACVF, during rebuilding at Rochford, was the only Courier to survive WW2 and operated on pleasure flights and taxi work for East Anglian Flying Services

Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ADAY, of Portsmouth Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation

Royal Courier of the Court of Felipe II, lithography by Benedi (16th c.). Arrival of the courier to the Royal Monastery of El Escorial. Litography. SPAIN. Madrid. Post and Telegraph Museum

Simon Bolivar Buckner
SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER American Confederate general who surrendered to Grant at Fort Donelson in 1862 : editor of the Louisville Courier, governor of Kentucky. Date: 1823 - 1914

European Gentleman delivering a letter to a Soon-Tah-Burdar or Silver Baton-Bearer. (Plate 6 of 20) Date: 1813

Alexandria, Egypt - Steam Packet Docks Date: circa 1910s

French war dog: A courser whose winged feet spurn the earth. A french courier dog leaps over a soldier in a trench, the dogs were used when the telephone systems in the front line trenches were out

A canine courier of the great war, an officer writes a message as the dog waits to deliver it in the trenches. The dogs were three times faster at delivering messages compared to man

George Lester - Mail Carrier at Cortland Post Office
George Lester - Mail Carrier No.1 at The Cortland Post Office, NY, USA. Date: circa 1915

Egypt - Runners / Messangers Date: 1908

Chinese Official
A Chinese official reads a message brought to him by a courier

Garibaldi Courier
One of Garibaldis lancers carrying a despatch

C17 Courier / Woodcut / 43
A horse-rider with a drum - perhaps a courier carrying an announcement

Mauriac / Francois / Courier
FRANCOIS MAURIAC French novelist

C17 Dutch Courier
Dutch Postal courier

Swiss Courier, C15
A Swiss courier

Mr Wolf in a Hurry
Mr Wolf, a postal courier in a hurry, can t stop to pick up the tortoises letter

French Avant-Courier
When a French nobleman travels, he sends an avant- courier ahead of him, to arrange food or accommodation at a convenient inn

Poster by a R Gifford
Poster for the Womens Edition of the Buffalo Courier

T. s. Eliot / Courier Satire
T.S.ELIOT American-born writer

Communications / Courier
An Ethiopian courier carries a message from the Negus : peasants along the route bow their heads in respect

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