Post Collection (page 20)

Windmill and water mill, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The Windmill (known as Archers Mill) at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. It was a post mill working two pairs of stones, purchased together with the nearby water mill by John Archer in the 19th century

Turkish Ottoman Obelisk / Memorial, Kut, Iraq
Turkish Ottoman Obelisk/Memorial at Al-Kut, Iraq - built prior to the re-occupation by British Forces during the Mesopotamian Campaign in September 1915 (during World War One)

Hill 1050, north of Monastir, Macedonia, WW1
View of an observation and machine gun post on Hill 1050, north of Monastir (now Bitola), Macedonia, during the First World War. Hill 1050 was captured by the Serbians on 20 November 1916

National Service 1947
Eighteen-year-old R.A.S.C. National Service recruit Tony Boxall. Date: 1947

Winston Churchilll in South Africa
Winston Churchill pictured in the uniform of the South African Light Horse regiment at the time of the Boer War where he was captured while working as a correspondent for the Morning Post

Signpost at Bluff, South Island, New Zealand
The signpost at Stirling Point, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand, showing distances to major cities around the world. Bluff is the southernmost town in New Zealand

Listening post WWI
Listening post in a mine shift during World War I

Cubist room at The Ideal Home Exhibition
A room inspired by post-impressionism designed by Roger Fry, where everything, including the furniture and ornaments were cubist

Capture of Chipilly Ridge 1918
Capture of Chipilly Ridge by the 58th (London) Division, Royal Field Artillery Signallers with heliograph etc. in a German trench captured on the previous day on the Western Front in France during

A furious charge of Irish troops at the taking of Guillemon
An illustration showing Irish troops attacking German positions at Guillemont, September 1916. The image depicts Irish soldiers engaging in fierce hand-to-hand combat at a machine-gun post which

A gentleman drawing the first pension
A typical scene on January 1st 1909 showing a man drawing his first pension at the post office. The Old Age Pension Act, introduced by David Lloyd George

The Marchington Family outside the Post Office in Dove Holes
Photograph of the Marchington family outside the Post Office which they ran in Dove Holes, Derbyshire, 1913. Mr. Marchington (centre of doorway) was thinking of emigrating to Toronto, Canada

Zulu & Cleft Stick
A Zulu courier running, carrying a message in a cleft stick

Swiss Postman
In an Alpine village, the postman hands a parcel to two women in regional costume

Red River Trading Post
Trading-post on the Red River

Girls playing in Mary Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Girls playing round a lamppost in Mary Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Comic postcard, baby delivery -- If you break the engagement off, don t expect the girl to return you all the presents! Date: circa 1900s

Como - Electric Tram Station and Swiss / Italian Border post
Como, Italy - The electric Tram Station (the line running between Como and Cernobbio), Cafe Restaurant Nazionale and the Swiss/Italian Border post at Ponte Chiasso. Date: circa 1910s

When the War is Over, Maggie (1) WW1
When the War is Over, Maggie -- a British soldier on the Western Front writes a letter home to his love. (1 of 3) Date: 1914-1918

When the War is Over, Maggie (2) WW1
When the War is Over, Maggie -- a British soldier on the Western Front writes a letter home to his love, with a promise of marriage when he returns. (2 of 3) Date: 1914-1918

Humorous Christmas and New Year postcard -- two elves delivering the post on a three-wheeled cycle. Date: early 20th century

French Railway Alphabet - F for Facteur (postman). 19th century

French Railway Alphabet - E for Enregistrement des colis (registration of packages). 19th century

Group visiting the battlefields in a motor caravan, 1920
A group visiting the WW1 battlefields of France and Flanders in 1920 - Lady Victoria Wemyss, Lady Charles Bentinck, the Comtesse Baillet-Latour and Major Baker-Ker

Tabby kitten sitting on a wooden gatepost
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten sitting on a wooden gatepost. 1950s

Coming out of the Post Office by Charles Robinson
Illustration captioned Coming out of the Post Office. The scene shows a young girl holding a letter and licking the stamp as she leaves a crowded post office. Date: 1906

Saxtead Green Post Windmill, Suffolk
Saxtead Green Post Windmill, a Grade II* listed building at Saxtead Green, Framlingham, Suffolk, dating back to the 18th century. Date: 1956

Town square, Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia
Town square (Aloon Aloon) in Salatiga, Central Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1908

Signpost on coastal footpath near Torquay, Devon. Date: circa 1990s

Show jumping event, Devon County Show
Show jumping event at the Devon County Show. Date: circa 1980s

Woman at the seaside, leaning on a wooden post. Date: circa 1960s

Letter box at Cranmere Pool, Dartmoor, Devon
Close-up of the letter box at Cranmere Pool on Dartmoor, Devon. Cranmere Pool is famous for being the first place on Dartmoor to have a letter box, established there in 1854. Date: circa 1960s

Market place & post office, Lindisfarne
The Market place and post office on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. Date: c.1930s

Post Office Bay, Aden
Post Office Bay, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1930s

Maud Jeffries (1869 - 1946), American actress. She was noted for her height and beauty and became a popular subject for a wide range of theatrical post-cards and studio photographs

General Post Office, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
General Post Office and Savings Bank, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1908

Postcard to Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia
Postcard to Miss Mary Lucas, Ursuline Convent, Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia, from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Date: 1932

Postcard to Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Postcard to Mr Smith, A F Philip & Co, Bulawayo, Rhodesia, postmarked Figtree, Matabeleland, at the time of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Date: circa 1901

Mashonaland postcard to Mafeking, South Africa
Mashonaland postcard to Mrs Speight, Mafeking, South Africa, postmarked Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Date: 1898

Post Office building, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
The Post Office building, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910

Paddington Postal FC football team
Paddington Postal (sorting office) football team, 1904-1905. Date: 1904-1905

Beating the tom-tom, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Natives in a village beating the tom-tom, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920

Officers of the Royal Engineers in a communication trench on the Somme, 1 July 1916. Lantern slide from a box of 50 lantern slides associated with the Navy, World War One, 1914 (c)

Lake District, Cumbria, Bowness and Windermere - Lake Windermere looking North from Post Knott Date: 1943

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - Promenade and Post Office. Date: 1936

Post office in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Pedestrians walking past the post office in Antananarivo (Tananarive), Madagascar. Date: circa 1910

Boulevard Maritime in Antsiranana, Madagascar
People walking down Boulevard Maritime in the lower town of Antsiranana (Diego-Suarez), Madagascar. Date: circa 1910

Wrestling match in Madagascar
Audience around a wrestling match between two men in Madagascar. Date: circa 1910

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