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Gpo Collection

Background imageGpo Collection: Use the Air Mail Poster

Use the Air Mail Poster
GPO Poster, Use the Air Mail, The Fastest Mail. Depicting the underside of a monoplane against a blue and black sky

Background imageGpo Collection: Women working during the First World War

Women working during the First World War. Above: in a weapons factory, filling shells with explosives. Below: an outdoor scene with a woman bus conductor

Background imageGpo Collection: Sorting Post 1930S

Sorting Post 1930S
One of the hundreds of groups of auxiliaries at the General Post Office (GPO), dispatching parcels to distant colonies during the usual Christmas postal rush

Background imageGpo Collection: Sorting Post 1930S

Sorting Post 1930S
A postal worker at the General Post Office (GPO), at Mount Pleasant, north London, sorts out parcels on a conveyor belt in the warehouse

Background imageGpo Collection: Platform of Post Office (St. Paul s) Underground Station

Platform of Post Office (St. Paul s) Underground Station
Central Line Series. A smart lady, exhausted messenger boy and down-on-his-luck punter seated on a bench on the platform of St

Background imageGpo Collection: GPO map of Mail Steamship Routes

GPO map of Mail Steamship Routes. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageGpo Collection: Advert promoting the Post Office Telephone Service. Date: 1932

Advert promoting the Post Office Telephone Service. Date: 1932

Background imageGpo Collection: DUBLIN 1960S

DUBLIN 1960S
O Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland, looking north from the River Liffey. In the centre is the bronze O Connell Monument, the G.P.O, Building and Nelson Monument behind. Date: 1960s

Background imageGpo Collection: The Illuminations in Sackville Street, Dublin

The Illuminations in Sackville Street, Dublin
The illuminations in Sackville Street, Dublin with an electric light shining on the Nelson Column during the visit of Queen Victoria to Ireland in 1849

Background imageGpo Collection: WW2 birthday card, Postman with black kittens

WW2 birthday card, Postman with black kittens
Birthday card, Postman with black kittens, and a reference to blackout regulations. circa 1940s

Background imageGpo Collection: District Messengers / Gpo

District Messengers / Gpo
Young boys worked as GPO District Couriers and delivered packages all over London. Here, they leave the District Messenger & Theatre Office. Date: circa 1930

Background imageGpo Collection: Gpo Sorting, 1875

Gpo Sorting, 1875
The General Post Office, London : stamping and sorting letters

Background imageGpo Collection: G. P. O. Inland Office

G. P. O. Inland Office
The General Post Office, St. Martins-le-Grand, London - the Inland Office

Background imageGpo Collection: Postman Victorian period

Postman Victorian period

Background imageGpo Collection: Old Post Office, High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent

Old Post Office, High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageGpo Collection: Post Office Radio Telephone Services and Fisheries

Post Office Radio Telephone Services and Fisheries
A wonderful, original, poster map showing Post Office Radio Telephone Services commissioned by the General Post Office and designed by Leslie MacDonald Gill, 1935

Background imageGpo Collection: Post Office Wireless Stations and Fisheries

Post Office Wireless Stations and Fisheries
A simply magnificent, large scale, poster map of Post Office Wireless Stations commissioned by the General Post Office and designed by Leslie MacDonald Gill, 1939

Background imageGpo Collection: GPO Bakelite telephone with dial

GPO Bakelite telephone with dial Date: 1936

Background imageGpo Collection: Letters arrive for sorting at the London General Post Office

Letters arrive for sorting at the London General Post Office Date: 1923

Background imageGpo Collection: The G. P. O. Adelaide

The G. P. O. Adelaide
An etching of the General Post Office of Adelaide, situated on 141 King William Street. The building was completed in 1872, designed by architects Edmund Wright and Edward Woods. Date: circa 1925

Background imageGpo Collection: Post Office and Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa

Post Office and Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa - Valentine postcard Date: circa 1920s

Background imageGpo Collection: Exterior of the Old Post Office, Lombard Street, London. Date: circa 1800

Exterior of the Old Post Office, Lombard Street, London. Date: circa 1800

Background imageGpo Collection: Exterior new Post Office, savings Bank, St Martin's-Le-Grand, London

Exterior new Post Office, savings Bank, St Martin's-Le-Grand, London

Background imageGpo Collection: Exterior of the new General Post Office, St Martin's-Le-Grand, London

Exterior of the new General Post Office, St Martin's-Le-Grand, London

Background imageGpo Collection: General Post Office - St Martin s-le-Grand, London. This was the main post office for

General Post Office - St Martin s-le-Grand, London. This was the main post office for London between 1829 and 1910. Photograph showing the room devoted to sorting of newspapers

Background imageGpo Collection: New General Post Office, King Edward Building, London

New General Post Office, King Edward Building, London
New General Post Office, King Edward Building (KEB), London Date: 1911

Background imageGpo Collection: Comic postcard, Man buying sixpenny postal order in the Post Office Date

Comic postcard, Man buying sixpenny postal order in the Post Office Date: 20th century

Background imageGpo Collection: GPO engineer at work, London

GPO engineer at work, London
GPO engineer working on underground telephone cables on a street in Central London. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageGpo Collection: Gas lamp and GPO / British Telecom Tower, London

Gas lamp and GPO / British Telecom Tower, London
Early 20th century gas lamp and standard juxtaposed with the new GPO/Brtish Telecom Tower under construction. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageGpo Collection: GPO / British Telecom Tower under construction

GPO / British Telecom Tower under construction
Londons GPO/British Telecom Tower under construction, juxtaposed against a Victorian building. Date: circa 1963

Background imageGpo Collection: Adelaide Australia, c. 1900-1910 city from GPO tower, trams

Adelaide Australia, c. 1900-1910 city from GPO tower, trams
Adelaide Australia, c.1900-1910 city from the GPO tower with trams

Background imageGpo Collection: Sorting the Christmas Mail on Christmas Eve

Sorting the Christmas Mail on Christmas Eve
Sorting the Christmas Mail Christmas Eve at the London General Post Office. 1892

Background imageGpo Collection: Interior of the General Post Office, London

Interior of the General Post Office, London. 19th century

Background imageGpo Collection: Telegram Messenger Boy

Telegram Messenger Boy - People You See. From Teddy Bear (24 October 1964). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1964

Background imageGpo Collection: GPO Post Office female worker in uniform

GPO Post Office female worker in uniform in a studio photo - Postwoman No.1, possibly in Beverley, Yorkshire. Date: circa 1910

Background imageGpo Collection: GPO Post Office workers and GWR motor bus, London

GPO Post Office workers and GWR motor bus, London, with driver and passengers. Date: circa 1910

Background imageGpo Collection: Central telephone exchange 1903

Central telephone exchange 1903
The post office central telephone exchange, St. Pauls Churchyard, London, England. Date: 1903

Background imageGpo Collection: The Secret Office at the General Post Office, 1844

The Secret Office at the General Post Office, 1844
The Secret Office, at the General Post Office in London, 1844. Letters were opened and re-sealed in the Secret Office under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. 1844

Background imageGpo Collection: Letter sorting office at the General Post Office - St Martin s-le-Grand, London

Letter sorting office at the General Post Office - St Martin s-le-Grand, London. This was the main post office for London between 1829 and 1910. Date: 1900

Background imageGpo Collection: Mauritius - Port Louis - General Post Office

Mauritius - Port Louis - General Post Office - now the Mauritius Postal Museum Date: circa 1909

Background imageGpo Collection: New sorting-room at General Post Office 1846

New sorting-room at General Post Office 1846
New Inland department of the General Post Office in St. Martins-le-Grand in London. Date: 1846

Background imageGpo Collection: General Post Office London 1890s

General Post Office London 1890s
Women at work in the General Post Office tube room at St Martins-le-Grand in the City of London. The room had pneumatic tube connections to post office establishments. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGpo Collection: TELEPHONE ENGINEERS

TELEPHONE ENGINEERS
Three G.P.O. engineers, happy in their work, think nothing of sorting out a mind-boggling mess of telephone wires and cables. Date: early 1930s

Background imageGpo Collection: DISTRICT MESSENGERS / GPO

DISTRICT MESSENGERS / GPO
Young boys worked as GPO District Couriers and delivered packages all over London. They wore a distinct uniform with badges on their hats. Date: circa 1930

Background imageGpo Collection: General Post Office, O Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland

General Post Office, O Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland
General Post Office, O Connell Street, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. circa early 1970s

Background imageGpo Collection: Duke of York at the reconstructed G. P. O. at Mount Pleasant

Duke of York at the reconstructed G. P. O. at Mount Pleasant
Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952) at the reconstructed G.P.O. at sorting Office at Mount Pleasant, London - November 1934

Background imageGpo Collection: London Life party in the GPO Tower 1966

London Life party in the GPO Tower 1966
Guests at a party thrown by short-lived by hip and happening magazine, London Life at the top of the newly-built GPO (Post Office) Tower in May 1966

Background imageGpo Collection: GPO Telephone Engineers and Apparatus, England

GPO Telephone Engineers and Apparatus, England. Date: 1910s



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