Mails Collection

Mails for the Packets arriving at Falmouth, 1833 circa 1930

Grand procession at Plymouth on first dispatch of Cape mails
Grand procession to celebrate the port of Plymouth opening up as a Government Mail-packet Station. The Corporations of Plymouth

Timetable, Plough Hotel Coach Office, Cheltenham - Royal Mails and Light & Elegant Post Coaches daily to the places listed. Date: 1826

Railway locomotives, 1837-1886
Great Western, North London, London Chatham & Dover, St Helens and Sligo Leitrim & Northern County Railways locomotives, 1837-1886. Each illustrated with key details/measurements for the engines

First air mail letter from Hendon to Windsor
First English air mail letter from Hendon to Windsor, a letter to be carries by air by Mr. Gustav Hamel. 9 September 1911

Vietnamese Postman
In French Indo-China, the postman delivers mails on horseback from village to village Date: circa 1900

Bolivian Postman
In the mountainous terrain of Bolivia, a rural postman uses mules to carry the mails. Date: circa 1900

Austrian Postman
This lucky Austrian postman, delivering mails on a rainy day, has met two pretty girls who invite him to share their umbrella. Date: circa 1900

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

Overland Train in Uk
Between Folkestone and London (or vice versa) the Indian Mails are carried by express train carrying special mail lights which assure its uninterrupted progress Date: 1844

Overland Cross Channel
The mails cross the Channel from Boulogne to Folkestone - or Folkestone to Boulogne - by paddle steamer (which has a sail as well) Date: 1844

Overland Low Water Land
At low water the Indian mails are landed from the steam packet by rowing boat at Folkestone. Date: 1844

Overland, Folkestone
The arrival of the Indian mails is signalled at Folkestone, the Channel port linked by paddle-steamer with Boulogne Date: 1844

Overland Paris Boulogne
Between Paris and Boulogne (or vice versa) the express mails are carried by the swiftest possible means - a horse carriage... Date: 1844

Overland Alex P O
Mails from India to England, or vice versa, pass through the Post Office at Alexandria - for some, of course, this is their final destination. Date: 1857

Overland in Med
From Marseille to Alexandria - or from Alexandria to Marseille - the mails are carried by paddle-steamer across the Mediterranean. Date: 1855

Post Woman Maudie WW1. Post woman Maudie the Minx Mixing His Majestys Mails. Comic Postcard by Reg Maurice. Date: circa 1917

The first Australia to England air mail leaves Archerfield Aerodrome at 6 am on 25 April 1931. From left: Hudson Fysh, md, Qantas; C. Fisher, superintendent of mails; R.B. Tapp, pilot; W.A

Loading mails at the docks in London circa 1930

The royal mails departure from the general post office, London. Date 183-(?)

North-country mails at the Peacock, Islington. Print shows several passenger and mail coaches on street in front of the Peacock building in Islington, London, England. Date 1838 Sept. 15

Old Maids / Postman / Mail
Two unmarried women of a certain age, waiting to see what the postman has for them - could it be Valentines Day? Date: circa 1910

Kashmiri Postman
A Kashmiri postman runs barefoot through the fields carrying his mails on his head

Holyhead Mail in Snow
The Holyhead and Chester Mails find themselves in heavy snow at Hockley Hill, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire

Catching the Mails
A moving train picks up a sack of mail as it passes through a station : the letters can then be sorted on the train

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