Post Collection (page 11)

c. 1880s Japan - tattooed post runner with a letter
c.1880s Japan - tattooed post runner with a letter, tattoos, tattooing

Foreign consulates along the Bund, Kobe, including the British flag flying from a lamp post. Vintage 19th century photograph

Photograph of White Post PH, Yeovil, Somerset. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Photograph of Three Compasses PH, Rotherhithe (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

This is where we won the war - Ops room, Biggin Hill
Sketch by Captain Bryan de Grineau of the deserted operations room at Biggin Hill in September 1945. Date: 1945

Letters To Post
Boy and girl taking letters and gifts to the post office. Date: circa 1912

Marcelin, Saskatchewan, Canada - Hotel and Post Office, horses, parade. Date: circa 1910

Alberta, Canada - Bright View, Post Office and store proprietor A. A. Goodhand (postmaster between 1907 and 1911) and family - circa 1910. Date: circa 1910

British Columbia, Canada - Post Office
British Columbia, Canada - (possibly Grand Forks?) The Post Office with two men and dogs - circa 1912. Date: circa 1912

The carrefour Gaillon and the fountain, 1848
Woman in front of the fountain at Place Gaillon, Paris. She wears a cashmere shawl with arm holes called la visite over her crinoline. The carrefour Gaillon and the fountain, 1848

The General Post-Office, Southwark Bridge and Waterloo Bridge. Stage coach in front of the General Post-Office in St. Martins le Grand 64

The Admiralty Office, the Sailing Match and the Drowned Boy. The Admiralty Office of the Navy on Whitehall 61, sailboats racing on the River Thames from Blackfriars Bridge to Vauxhall in a Sailing

Guy Fawkes in Effigy, Bartholomews Hospital and Smithfield Market. Children begging with an effigy of Guy Fawkes on 5 November 39, men bringing a patient on a stretcher into St

Nosegays, Watercress girl, Brewers Dray, Twopenny-Post
Nosegays, Watercress girl, Brewers Dray and Twopenny-Post Boy. Itinerant sales girls selling nosegays 19, and watercress on the street 20

The Jewel Office in the Tower of London, Rag Fair and Old Clothes and Ship Building. Crown, orb and sceptre in the Jewel Office in the Tower of London 16

Riders at a donkey post-house, France, 18th century
Men and women flirting at a donkey post-house, France, 18th century. Pleasures of a Poste aux anes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of

Young English gentlemen playing a game of billiards
Young English gentleman playing a game of billiards with a soldier in uniform in a club, watched by a large group of men. iHandcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas

Woman in pansy-coloured dress, apron and shawl
Woman in pansy-coloured dress, chiffon apron, cornette a la paysanne hat, long gloves and lace shawl. Handcoloured lithograph by A

Woman in white dress ornamented with pink bouffants
Woman holding sheet music in white dress ornamented with pink bouffants, black crepe and lace bonnet, pink corsage and fichu, black velvet belt. Handcoloured lithograph by A

Woman in white dress with pink trim, striped apron
Woman in white dress with pink trim, casque hat with pink panaches, and striped apron. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Carrache after an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Les Modes

Woman in pansy dress with straw-coloured apron, bonnet with white lace. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Carrache after an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Les Modes Parisienne sous

Woman in white dress with velvet design, red velvet hat and long straw-colour gloves. Handcoloured lithograph by E. Bracquet after an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Les Modes

Woman in white dress with yellow trim with fan
Woman in white dress with yellow trim, yellow slippers, yellow and violet hat, with fan. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Lacourriere after an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Les

Woman in white dress with straw-coloured trim and garnet belt, capote hat in garnet silk. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Lacourriere after an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Les

Woman in white dress with black velvet trim, red waistcoat, blue fur sash, white hat ornamented with flowers. Handcoloured lithograph by E

Woman in white dress and corsage with green trim, pink apron, and pink and lace capote. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Carrache after an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Les Modes

Woman in hazelnut-colour dress, fichu-chemise and blue hat
Woman in hazelnut-colour dress, fichu-chemise, blue hat and long straw-colour gloves. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Paul Lacourriere after an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Les

Man in hazelnut colour coat with monocle
Man in hazelnut colour coat, green culottes and gloves, black boots and hat with tricolor cockade. Handcoloured lithograph by A

Woman in white tunic dress trimmed with lilac velvet, velvet hat with lace veil, and yellow fichu. Handcoloured lithograph by A

Sarah Elizabeth, Susannah and Sophia Copley, daughters of John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst. Two younger sisters playing with the ringlets of the oldest sister Sarah

Young lady (off on her hols!) sends a quick postcard
Life is short as time will show - If you don t get this, please let me know. Date: circa 1910s

New York Post Office, New York City, NY, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Chairman of the Ypres Last Post Committee with bugles
The Ceremony of the Last Post, in which firemen buglers play the Last Post under the Menin Gate at 8pm each night is, in its simplicity, one of the most moving acts of Remembrance in the world

Thanking the Last Post Buglers at the Menin Gate
The Last Post at the Gate has been played at 8pm under the arches by Ypres firemen (with only an interval during WW2) since the unveiling on 24 July 1927

Spectacular Goat-Powered Childrens Coach
A quite spectacular goat-powered miniature childrens Royal coach, with ornate decorations and mouldings. Unfortunately, the location is unknown

Post Office, Ypres - postcard

Ancient Quintain, Offham, Kent -- a medieval wooden post with a rotating arm, located on the village green, used in jousting and tilting. 1894

Christmas post
The postman arrives with a sackful of Xmas greetings. Date: circa 1900

Native American mail delivery, Mackenzie, Canada
Native American Indian winter mail delivery in Mackenzie, Canada. 1908

Underground railway electrification, London 1904
Underground railway electrification, Metropolitan Line, London -- showing the driver at his post, and passengers seated in a carriage. Date: 1904

Female postal workers in London, c. 1915
Three female postal workers walking through a London street in full uniform and with satchels to carry their post. During the war, the Post Office lost 75

Soya beans - a hint for hungry Europe 1921
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on the possibilities of the soya bean as the solution to the cost of living in Europe

Paddington Station, arrival of the night Mail 1902
Arrival of the night mail at Paddington Railway Station, London. Date: 1902

Little Women - Beth checking the postbox
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Beth checking the postbox, her daily helpful task. 1880

Illuminated news bulletin and how it works
The Newspaper of the Streets. The illuminated news bulletin which tells passer-by at night the latest news. Diagram by S. W

Post-WW2 export trade of cars to the European mainland
Post-WW2 export trade of cars from the UK to the European mainland, using a former wartime tank landing craft. Date: late 1940s

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

Chap delighted with his parcel (Peak Freans Biscuit Box!)
A Young chap delighted to discover a parcel has arrived for him, containing a Peak Freans Biscuit Box! (or so says the hand-written message!!) Date: circa 1900s

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