Letters Collection

Man holding flag
Socialist pamphlet cover illustration: Letters to a young woman : an introduction to socialism by Douglas Rogers, Forum Press, 1944 Date: 1944

PESSOA, Fernando (1888-1935). Portuguese poet. Drawing by Almada Negreiros of 1935. Drawing

Cabbala Tree of Life / Col
The TREE OF LIFE of the Jewish Caballa (variously spelt), formed from the ten Sephiroth and the twenty-two letters, constitutes the framework of Adam Qadmon, the Heavenly Adam

Writing / Shorthand Pitman
Shorthand writing: an example of Pitmans system, boasting that Fortune magazine has gained over 100, 000 subscribers in five short years

Ancient Arabic Alphabet
Different types of ancient Arabic alphabets Date: Circa 1760

Cabbala Tree of Life
The TREE OF LIFE of the Jewish Caballa (variously spelt), formed from the ten Sephiroth and the twenty-two letters, constitutes the framework of Adam Qadmon, the Heavenly Adam

Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941)

Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio, 1595, by Gerardus Merc
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594). Flemish cartographer. Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. Map of the Arctic with the North Pole and surrounding lands within and outside the Arctic Circle, 1595

Large Letter Card - Greetings from Wisconsin, USA - Americas Dairyland. Date: circa 1940

Walpole / Strawberry Hill
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD Grounds of Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters Date: 1717 - 1797

Large Letter Card - Greetings from Akron, Ohio, USA Date: circa 1940

SOS message from Titanic
A wireless message received by the Russian steamer Birma from the Titanic about five minutes after Titanic struck the iceberg that sank her

Poster, Britons! Your Country Needs You

First airmail letter delivered, Windsor Castle
The first airmail letter ever to be delivered is handed to the Postmaster of Windsor, to whom it is addressed, on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle

Cabbala Tree of Life
THE TREE OF LIFE of the Jewish Caballa (variously spelt). An old Israelite holds in his hand the SEPHIROTIC TREE; an arrangement of ten sephirot and twenty-two letters

Place Name Large Letter Card - Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, The Mission San Carlos de Borromeo was founded in 1771. Date: 1942

Christmas parcels for the trenches 1916
Army Post Office in Regents Park, was receiving a rate of half a million parcels for Christmas a day for the soldiers in the trenches

BORGES, Jorge Luis (1899-1986). Argentinian poet
" BORGES, Jorge Luis (1899-1986). Argentinian poet, narrator and essayist. " The Aleph". Losada publishing house (1952)."

AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). English novelist. Engraving

Advert / Parker Pens 1940
Parker pens - what does your pen say about you ?

First Postbox, London
LETTER BOX The first Post Office letter box in London is installed at the corner of Fleet Street and Farringdon Street, at the foot of Ludgate Hill

Large Letter Card - Greetings from Louisville, Kentucky, USA Date: circa 1940

Letter and drawing by Federico Garc�Lorca to
Letter and drawing by Federico Garcic Lorca to Jos頍 aric Pemᮮ

Letter from Mandela
Arrest and trial of Nelson Mandela. Signed letter from Mandela while awaiting trial, September 1962 Date: 1962

Ancient Alphabets
Various ancient writing examples including the Egyptian and Phoenician alphabets. Date: Circa 1760

Ancient Alphabets
Writing examples of the Arabic, Turkish and Persian alphabets. Date: Circa 1760

Learning words
A boy catching the alphabet and words in his net 1922

Airmail postcards at Gamages, London
People at Gamages in Holborn, Central London, addressing postcards and posting them in the special London Aerial Postbox

Walpole / Strawberry 1795
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD The Gallery at Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters

Horace Walpole / Smith 10
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE 4TH EARL OF ORFORD English man of letters at the age of ten

Large Letter Card - Greetings from Sacramento, California Date: circa 1940

Henry Newbolt / Morgan
SIR HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT English poet and man of letters

FLOWER A
Flowery A

Saint Humbeline
SAINT HUMBELINE sister of Bernard of Clairvaux, who wrote her letters reproaching her for her worldly lifestyle so she left her husband and became a nun Date: 12th century

Ibadan Gate - Nigeria, West Africa
Ibadan Gate No.4 and Iwo Gate - Nigeria, West Africa Date: circa 1905

Mandela Arrest
Arrest and trial of Nelson Mandela. Letter from The Observer regarding books for Mandela to Sir John Maud at the British Embassy in South Africa, August 1962 Date: 1962

Pasadena, California, USA - Greetings from... Date: 1946

Greetings from Carolina Beach, North Carolina, USA
Greetings from Carolina Beach (Carolinas Playground), North Carolina, USA. Date: 1941

Postman delivers a letter to two children
A postman delivers a letter to two children and their dog. Date: c.1920

Specimens of type, Leadenhall Press, London
Specimens of type from The Leadenhall Press, Ltd, 50 Leadenhall Street, London EC. circa 1900

Blitz in London -- salvaged mail, Calthorpe Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- following the bombing of Mount Pleasant Post Office on 18 June 1943, salvaged mail was temporarily piled up in nearby Calthorpe Street. Date: 1943

An alphabet of Dutch Dolls
Wooden Dutch dolls are contorted into the letters of the alphabet, showing off their supple wooden joints. 1912

S for Ship
From a Deans Rag Book entitled Kiddiewiddies ABC Date: 1920

Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor with the airmail
The aviator Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor from Hendon on the very first airmail flight

White Star Line letter holder
A wooden letter holder with two compartments, with the words White Star Line printed in gilt on the front

Florence Nightingales carriage at the seat of war
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father

Gustav Hamels plane ready to leave Hendon for Windsor
Gustav Hamels aeroplane ready to leave Hendon Aerodrome for Windsor on the very first airmail flight

Bible Ms Letters
Ornamental initial letters from an English Bible

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

Wandsworth Prison / Letter
Built in 1851 and originally called the Surrey House of Correction. The inmates writing letters

Surtout Greatcoat 1907
An American surtout greatcoat: double-breasted with waist seam, full skirts, long lapels & a velvet collar. Worn with a bowler (Derby) hat & half- boots or town boots

France Grignan
Le chateau de Grignan, in the Drome departement : madame de Sevignes daughter, to whom she wrote those wonderful letters, was comtesse de Grignan. Date: circa 1840

George Stephenson?s letters

S Teerwood. The mail van
A red mail van stops at a remote village in the Scottish Highlands to collect and deliver post

Stylish young lady writing a letter sitting on cushions
A stylish young lady seated on a set of plump and elaborate cushions, writing a series of blank letters to a male friend, as a lead-up to an April Fools Day prank! Date: 1923

Walpole / Strawberry 1788
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD Grounds of Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters Date: 1717 - 1797

Hardacre J Pitt
Hardacre J. Pitt An important touring manager in the decades around 1900, he used his notepaper to advertise his repertoire. This letter, from the Comedy Theatre, Manchester, is dated November 1894

Posting Christmas Cards
Little boy taking his christmas cards to the post box

Lady Queen Anne, words and music
Lady Queen Anne she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as white as a swan

Gustav Hamel posting an airmail letter
The aviator Gustav Hamel posting an airmail letter which he himself will transport by air to Windsor

Gustav Hamel signing receipt for mail, Hendon
The aviator Gustav Hamel in the cockpit of his aeroplane, signing the official receipt for the mail, just before setting out from Hendon Aerodrome to Windsor on the very first airmail flight

Chap Posts a Letter
A smart cyclist stops to pop a letter into a Royal Mail letterbox

Arthur Quiller-Couch / Cig
SIR ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH pen name: Q English man of letters in 1936

William Ernest Henley / Vf
WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY English man of letters, editor of the Magazine of Art and other journals

Postman (Petherick)
London characters: the POSTMAN brings letters of thanks, letters from banks, letters of joy from girl and boy, receipted bills and invitations... (Auden)

Lady Posts Letter 1906
A lady goes out in her evening dress and cloak to post a letter in a London street

Posting Letter into Sack
A woman posts her letter into a postmans sack which he carries around with him

Country Letter Box
A boy stretches to post a letter in the box at Bowlers Green, Surrey : this was before all letter-boxes were painted red

Reading a Letter
She reads a letter above a vase of blue flowers

She Reads a Letter 1889
She reads a letter at her dressing table

Shannon Copier
The Shannon No-chemical Letter Copier copies at the fantastic rate of forty letters a minute - whats more a juvenile may operate it. How does it work? Shannon aren t saying

FLOWER S
Flowery S

FLOWER G
Flowery G

FLOWER B
Flowery B

Deaf and Dumb School, Palayamkottai, India
C. E. Z. (Church of England Zenana Missionary Society) Deaf and Dumb School, Palamcottah (now Palayamkottai in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu), India. Deaf and Dumb children learning to talk

Kate Greenaway
Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain'. Young lady with a basket showering two children with roses Date: 1883-1884

Title page with calligraphic letters on a stone panel
Title page with calligraphic lettering inside a decorative panel with garlands and leaf carvings

Numa Pompilius, legendary second King of Rome, of Sabine origin from Cures, c. 753-672 BC. Head of bearded man wearing a royal diadem with the letters NVMA from a bronze coin

Native American swimmer-couriers in Peru, 1800s. Men with letters wrapped in turbans swim in rivers between Quito and Jaen de Bracamoros Province

Magical characters of the Egyptian god Abraxas in lapis lazuli. Mysterious letters and spells from a pagan religion. Caratteri Magici in Lapis lazzali

Lion of Mithras with a bee in its mouth. Cult of Mithras, inspired by the Zoroastrian Sun god Mithra. Out of the strong came forth sweetness. Leone Mitriaco in elitropia

Library bookcase and secretaire, Regency style. Bookcase in ornately carved wood, with doors with glass panels above. Secretaire with fold-out baize writing tray, drawers for letters and papers, etc

Altar to the goddess Fortuna. Second half of 2nd century AD
Altar to the goddess Fortuna. Inscription: To Fortuna. Valerius Lupus, assistant of the centurion, accomplished his vow of free will. Second half of the 2nd century AD

Jesus Christ mosaic over door, San Babila Church, Milan
Mosaic panel over the main entrance door to the San Babila Church in Milan - once considered the third most important in the city after the Duomo and the Basilica di Sant Ambrogio

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