Post Collection (page 4)

Florence Nightingales carriage at the seat of war
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florences social standing to become

Londons new telephone-post kiosk
A new telephone kiosk in use in a London street, showing a caller inside, postage stamps being bought from the machine outside, and a postman collecting mail from the letterbox

Street / Horning / Norfolk
A street in the pretty village or Horning in Norfolk

Philatelist at Work
A philatelist at work on his stamp collection

Gustav Hamels plane ready to leave Hendon for Windsor
Gustav Hamels aeroplane ready to leave Hendon Aerodrome for Windsor on the very first airmail flight. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon to Windsor

Postman with Parcel
A postman with a post-van delivers a parcel to a house in a suburban street, where the children rush out to take it from him. But where is the dog which should be biting him

Boy Licking Stamps
A young boy licks a stamp before putting it on an envelope

George V Pillar Box
An English postman in his uniform, demonstrates the knack of buying a book of stamps from a vending machine attached to a King George V pillar box

Village Post Box 1960S
A typical village post box, next collection being on Tuesday. Normal collections are at 5.30 Monday to Friday and 8.30 on Saturdays, etc

Rocket Mail to I O Wight
Gerard Zucker demonstrates his rocket system for a postal service between the English mainland and the Isle of Wight, but his rocket travels only three kilometres

British Guns in Wwi
British guns, one seen in recoil, returning German fire

Postman in Thailand
The Thai postman uses an elephant, carrying a flag with the sacred white elephant symbol as a sign of authority

Postman Knocks on Door
THE POSTMANs KNOCK

Futuristic airmail airship
A futuristic airmail airship with a vast array of wings

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Barbados. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Lance-Corporal Jarvis in Great War Deeds, WW1
Lance-Corporal Charles A Jarvis of the Royal Engineers, winning the Victoria Cross by fixing a firing charge for the demolition of a bridge, under heavy fire

WW1 - Celebrating Victory Night 1919
WW1 - Celebrating Victory Night, men and women in blact-tie and ball-gown dress, dancing to the music from a live band at a high-society ball. Date: 1919

A British Advanced observation post
A ruined house is used as an advanced observation post by British officers. Situated close to German lines, the officers relay information back about the accuracy of artillery fire

Brochure cover, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton
Brochure cover design, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, advertising Footshape boots by post. Depicting an 18th century scene with a coach and horses and a road sign: Boots by Post in 1780

S Teerwood. The mail van
A red mail van stops at a remote village in the Scottish Highlands to collect and deliver post

New York Worlds Fair - First Day Cover
New York Worlds Fair World of Tomorrow - First Day Cover - Left-hand stamp depicts the Contemporary Arts Building. Date: 1939

The Post Office, Aldingbourne, Sussex
The Post Office, Aldingbourne, Chichester, near Westergate, Sussex, England. Date: 1900s

View of Hartington, Peak District, Derbshire, basically uncanged to this day. The house on the left has a sign above the door identifying it as the village Post Office Date: 1906

Caldey Island, Wales - The Monastery
Caldey Island, Wales off the southwest coast near Tenby - The Cistercian Monastery. Date: circa 1930s

Slindon, West Sussex, England - The Post Office. The tree has been replanted and is now encircled by a low wooden seat, rather than the pictured railing enclosure! Date: circa 1910s

Blind Man and Guide Dog
A German Shepherd leads a blind man in a street, steering him between a lamp- post and a carelessly parked bicycle. Date: 1935

Rehearsal for the First UK Aerial Post staged at Windsor in September 1911 organised by Claude Grahame-White. Date: 1911

Spain (20th c. ). Francos dictatorship. Post-war
Spain (20th c.). Francos dictatorship. Post-war. Propaganda poster. Girls dressed with the uniform of Falange starring the campaign for the presents of Three Kings Day of the Organizaci󮠊

Parks, City Hall and Buildings, New York
Parks, City Hall and Buildings. City Hall Park, City Hall and the Post Office, skyline beyond includes the Woolworth Building and the Singer Tower. Date: c. 1917

Stone Letter Box
A quaint carved stone letter box on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Date: 1930s

Santa in Dewars White Label advert
Father Christmas receives a wish list asking for more variety in our food, more houses, more clothes, and less austerity and officialdom in this Dewars White Label scotch whisky advertisement

Horse mail, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Delivery of the mail by horse to the Post Office in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Look-out in 1917
A soldier in a look-out post in a trench using a camouflaged periscope to keep watch on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917

Posting Christmas Cards
Little boy taking his christmas cards to the post box

Stalingrad - Obs. Post
A Russian observation post in a ruined building

Gustav Hamel posting an airmail letter
The aviator Gustav Hamel posting an airmail letter which he himself will transport by air to Windsor. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon to Windsor

Gustav Hamel signing receipt for mail, Hendon
The aviator Gustav Hamel in the cockpit of his aeroplane, signing the official receipt for the mail, just before setting out from Hendon Aerodrome to Windsor on the very first airmail flight

Boy & Girl Post Letter
A boy and girl arrive with a letter just as the postman is emptying the box

English Rural Postman
An English rural postman collects the mail from a letter-box

Mail Aeroplane 1970S
First Class mail being unloaded from a plane into a General Post Office (Royal Mail) van, Britain

Irish Contry Postman
Irish country postman delivering the mail

Mail Steamer, 1940S
Loading mail boxes onto the steamer at the Kyles of Bute, Argyllshire, Scotland

G. P. O. Inland Office
The General Post Office, St. Martins-le-Grand, London - the Inland Office

Chap Posts a Letter
A smart cyclist stops to pop a letter into a Royal Mail letterbox

Rural Postboy
The Post Boy

Parcel Delivery Tricycle
A Royal Mail parcels post delivery tricycle

French Philately Manual
Albert Laplanches popular guide to stamp collecting

Paris Stamp Market
LA BOURSE AUX TIMBRES-POSTE The stamp market in the Champs Elysees, Paris

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