Post Collection (#27)

Relay Station, Romania
A Postal Relay Station at Moldo-Valachie, Romania. Date: 1848

Posthaus at Augsberg
The Posthaus at Augsburg, Germany. Date: 1616

Postcard Example 8
A postcard to arrange a rendezvous : the samedi is printed but you ink in the time on the clock-face yourself. Date: 1908

Catching Post 1884
Catching the post - a daily event at the General Post Office, London, as the last letters arrive for todays dispatch. Date: 1884

French Post Office
The Hotel des Postes at Argenteuil (Seine-et-Oise), a magnificent example of French commercial architecture of the early 20th century Date: circa 1905

Polish Post / Kazmiecz
A Polish advance post at the edge of Kazmiecz forest Date: 1863

Paul Francois Vicomte Barras
PAUL-FRANCOIS, VICOMTE BARRAS (1755 - 1829) French Revolutionary, Jacobin and later enemy of Napoleon I, here in later life as post- revolutionary statesman Date: circa 1810

Phyllis Dare / Postcards
Phyllis Dare (1890 1975), English actress, with postcards of herself Date: 1907

Mark Twain, Photo
Mark Twain (Samuel L Clemens) (1835 - 1910) American writer, standing on a verandah, leaning on a post... 1890

Ship Crushed by Ice
The rudder-post of H.M.S. Terror crushed by the ice in the course of James Rosss 1839- 1843 Antarctic expedition Date: January 1842

Fort Yukon, Alaska
Fort Yukon, trading post of the Hudsons Bay Company in Alaska Date: 1871

Women / Post-War Britain
THE INDEPENDENTS An old fellow has too many daughters with no one to woo ; but they are able and willing to earn our own bread. Date: 1921

Carriage Loses Wheel
A post-chaise loses a wheel - not an infrequent incident, when roads were unsurfaced and often deeply rutted Date: 1782

POSTMAN & BOX / 1899
London postman and pillarbox Date: 1899

Du Maurier / Post Shoot
Aristocrats returning home after a Winter shoot Date: 1887

G. P. O. London
The General Post Office, St. Martins-le-Grand, London Date: 1840s

Chester Council Flats
A new council estate with bleak blocks of flats, at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: August 1963

Pro British Stamps
British first - we do not stock Russian goods. These stamps were issued free to British businessmen and traders for use in the crack down on cheap Russian goods. Date: 1930s

South Africa postman
Native South Africa letter carrier, carrying a message in a cleft stick Date: 1868

French Postbox
La petite Poste aux Lettres a lady posts a letter in a Paris street, a man comes hurrying to catch the post, the postman waits till its time to collect the mail Date: 1831

Louth mail in snow 1836
The Louth Mail (Lincolnshire, England) is stuck in the snow - the mail bags are sent on by a lighter post-chaise, the passengers must walk or wait Date: 1836

Changing horses at the Pony Express Date: circa 1860

The Jacobites Journal Date: 18th century?

The Kings Christmas Speech, 1933
A page from The Sphere December 1933, entitled, The Kings Christmas Speech - how it will be broadcast to the world". Pictured are engineers

Dismantling Cannon St station, winter of 1959
men working at night in the cold winter of January 1959 to dismantle the roof of Cannon Street train station in London, bomb damaged during the Second World War

Site around St. Pauls Cathedral being cleared
St. Pauls Cathedral, standing in a wilderness of bomb damage but with the area around being cleared ready for modern buildings. Picture shows foundations being laid for the Bank of England annexe

Greetings telegram, happy birthday
Greetings telegram with a patriotic design, happy birthday. Date: 1942

Greetings telegram, wedding anniversary, with a border design by C J Bouttell. Date: 1952

Greetings telegram, Golden Wedding anniversary, with a border design by Eric Fraser. Date: circa 1950s

Post Office in Wimpole Street, London W1
Post Office building in Wimpole Street, London W1. Date: circa 1910

Christmas Morning 1919
Impression of Christmas morning 1919 by H. M. Brock, the counterpart of an illustration done by H. M. Brocks brother, C. E. Brock of a Victorian Christmas morning in 1869

Scene on the edge of Regents Park, London. Date: circa 1905

Commemorative postcard with stamps
Commemorative first day cover postcard with stamps, postmarked San Francisco, California, 10 September 1957, to London, UK (also postmarked 11 September, London, on back)

Street scene, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA
Street scene in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA, with an electric light tower on the left and the Post Office building in the centre. Date: 1902

Horses running in Duke of York Handicap, Kempton Park, Surrey, illustrating a fixtures card for October 1936. Date: circa 1936

Post office, Kingston, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1910

Sacramento, California, USA - Post Office Building Date: circa mid 1930s

Los Angeles, California - New Post Office, Federal Building and City Hall. Date: 1940

Western Canada - General Pow-Wow - Old Hudsons Bay Post. Date: 1928

Toledo, Ohio, USA - Post Office Building Date: 1925

The Vagabond King by W H Post and Brian Hooker
Promotional postcard for The Vagabond King by W. H. Post and Brian Hooker; music Rudolf Friml. First produced at the Winter Garden Theatre, 19th April 1927

Horses near the winning post, Epsom Oaks, including the winner, Exhibitionist. Date: 1937

John Hassall Correspondence Art School brochure
Front cover of a brochure for The John Hassall Correspondence Art School. Hassall was a leading illustrator and poster artist who established an art school in Kensington in the 1900s

Aerial view of crossroads, Casablanca, Morocco
Aerial view of crossroads and post office, Casablanca, Morocco, with a car showroom on the right. circa 1930

Post Office at Djidjelli (Jijel), Algeria, North Africa. Date: circa 1930

Aerial view of Post Office, Algiers, Algeria. circa 1920

Rue Michelet and Post Office, Algiers, Algeria
Rue Michelet and Post Office (middle distance on the left), Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Hotel Post, Obergrainau, Bavaria, Germany. Date: circa 1920

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