Mail Collection (page 9)

RMS Titanic in the stocks, Harland & Wolff, Belfast
RMS Titanic - rare cabinet style photograph of the Titanic in the stocks at Harland and Wolff, Belfast. In the foreground a sign reading White Star Royal Mail Steamer can clearly be read

Mail train under steam. Inscribed verso 4 coupled express locomotive with the Calcutta mail train at Jhansi'. Date: circa 1905

RMS Victorian - Allan Line - Route to Canada. Date: 1910

RMS Victorian
The Royal Mail Ship RMS Victorian, operated by the Allan Line, and one of the vessels used for the emigration of orphaned and pauper children to Canada. Date: Date unknown

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

German Costume of 1400
Ornately patterned, short, sleeveless super-tunics worn over doublets & chain-mail. Footwear: buskins or soled hose. Headdress: hoods or caps. NB: pouch & cloak with brooch. Date: 1400

The Splendid Story of the Battle of Ypres, by Will Irwin
Newspaper supplement (4th March 1915) - The Splendid Story of the Battle of Ypres, by Will Irwin. Reprinted from The Daily Mail. Includes map of the battle. Commemorative Art

The Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Mauretania leaving Southampton Docks. Date: 1922

RMS Aquitania, a Cunard Line ocean liner, in the Mersey
The RMS Aquitania, a Cunard Line ocean liner, in the Mersey - Liverpool, England. Date: 1922

German warrior, Sarmatian archer in armor, and Belgian cavalry in chain-mail armor.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal

First ride of Pony Express, Missouri to California, USA
Depiction of the first ride of Pony Express, from St Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California, USA, on 3 April 1860. Showing the first messenger setting off on what was the first fast mail line

Bedroom Wash Stand Tabor House
The home of Horace Tabor, who made and lost a vast fortune in mining silver at the Matchless Mine. Fine wallpaper, bedroom wash stand with ewer and basin

William Beach Thomas, KBE, (22 May 1868 12 May 1957), British author and journalist known for his work as a war correspondent during World War I and for his writings about nature and country life

WW2 Poster -- ATS Carry The Messages
ATS Carry The Messages. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. Date: 1940

A Country Postman - Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire
Typical dress for a country postman in the 1920.s. photograph taken in Binfield heath near Henley-on-Thames Date: circa 1920s

RMS Ophir - Orient Steam Navigation Company. In 1901 she served as the Royal yacht HMS Ophir, taking the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future King George V and Queen Mary)

Namur - Belgium - Food and Mail distribution - Flooding
Namur - Belgium - Food and Mail distribution to those stranded by the flooding of the River Meuse in January 1926. Date: 1926

The Hon. Mrs Esmond Harmsworth
The wife of Esmond Harmsworth, newspaper proprietor and heir of Lord Rothermere, pictured with her son Vere

RMS Asia, 1850
Engraving of the Cunard Line Royal Mail Paddle-steamer Asia at sea, 1850. Asia was the largest steamship yet built on the River Clyde

RMS Tartar, 1883
Engraving showing the Union Steam-ship Companys Royal Mail Steamer Tartar and, inset, the Dining Saloon on board the ship

RMS Carisbrook Castle, 1898
Photograph of the Castle Line Mail Steamship Carisbrook Castle, shortly after her launch in 1898. Built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company on the Clyde, she was 500 foot in length

Liverpool Mail in Snow
The Liverpool Mail encounters heavy weather near Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, and can t spare a thought for the distressed lady stuck in her private carriage

DRESSES 1916
Ladies dresses, from the mail order catalog of Perry Dame & Co, USA

Advertisement for Atlantis cruise to northern capitals
Advertisement for a 12-day cruise on the Atlantis to northern capitals, Royal Mail Lines. Scheduled for after the Coronation when things might be feeling a little flat. 1937

Agency building of Union Castle Line, Aden
Agency building of the Union Castle Line and Mail Service, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1930s

Photograph of H B Irving playing Charles I by W. G. Wills
Charles I by W. G. Wills. First produced on 28th September 1872. The play was written for Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 13 October 1905) and was one of several parts played by his son

RMS Empress of Japan - Armed Merchant Cruiser
HMS Empress of Japan - Armed Merchant Cruiser, pictured near Hong Kong Harbour. Built circa 1891 for the Canadian Pacific Line as RMS Empress of Japan

Plastic card, Dollar Savings Bank, New York City, USA
Plastic card, Dollar Savings Bank, Third Avenue near 148th Street, New York City, USA -- one one side a calendar for the year, on the reverse details of opening times and services offered. Date: 1916

Christmas present gift tag -- ship and mailcoach. circa 1950s

Women Workers WW1 Postwoman
Postwoman trudging through the snow with bulging mail bag is confronted by a snapping terrier. Doing her bit whilst the men are at the front. Date: circa 1917

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