Postal Collection (page 9)

Dawson Art Course advertisement
A page from The Bystander, 15 March 1916, advertising a postal art course under the tutelage of Mr Charles Dawson, described as one of Londons most successful designers of Pictorial Publicity

Car on Furkastrasse, Rhone Glacier, Switzerland
Postal service car with passengers on Furkastrasse, Rhone Glacier, Switzerland. Date: 1920s

Soldiers sorting military post, WW1
Men of the Royal Engineers sorting out letters at the G.P.O in 1915. The ever-increasing volume of letters and parcels to troops in various parts of the world necessitated experienced men who

Civilian internment camp at Ruhleben
Incidents in the life at the civilian internment camp at Ruhleben, showing an engravers kiosk and the office for distributing the eagerly-awaited parcels from England

Tommys Letter Bag, Arrival of Post at the Front, WW1
The arrival of mail at a British outpost station in France during the First World War. Date: 1915

Hollywood Boulvevard - Hollywood, California, USA. Date: circa 1931

New Tube Railway for Mail by G H Davis
A diagram giving the details of the post office tube between Paddington and Whitechapel, built at the time at a cost of 1, 500, 000

Letter returned to sender, WW1
A letter addressed to a Mr Loewenthal, a British subject living in London, returned to sender in Hamburg " owing to state of war"

Heinrich Von Stephan
HEINRICH VON STEPHAN German postal administrator Date: 1831 - 1897

Carrying Mail Sacks
Trusty workers at the General Post Office, lugging huge sacks of heavy mail over their shoulders. Date: early 1930s

Snow Mail Van
An ingenious mail van, fitted with skis to cope with winter snow and adverse weather conditions! Date: early 1930s

John Henniker Heaton
Sir JOHN HENNIKER HEATON Postal reformer Date: 1848 - 1914

The Post Office, Maritzburg, South Africa Date: circa 1904

New phone line at the number 27 Post Office, Japan
The opening of the new telephone line at the number 27 Post Office, Japan. Inset portraits of two postal officials. Date: 1911

Old Chinese Postman in Traditional attire. Date: circa 1908

Mount Street Post Office - Grosvenor Square, London - incorporating Tait & Co. Bakers and Confectioners. Date: 1904

South Africa - Graaff Reinet - New Post Office
South Africa, Eastern Cape - Graaff Reinet - New Post Office. Date: circa 1930s

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

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - The Post Office Date: circa 1916

Manaus, Brazil - Praca da Comercio (Correio Geral) - General Post Office Date: circa 1910s

Millenium Church - Balcescu Square, Timisoara, Romania
The Roman-Catholic Millenium Church - Balcescu Square, Timisoara, Romania. Within the Church is an organ made by master Leopold Wegenstein and donated by Bishop Alexander Dessewffy. Date: circa 1910s

Washington DC, USA - The Post Office Department Building Date: 1920

Washington DC, USA - The City Post Office Date: 1920

Puppies attaching the post - Ridways Tea Advertisement
" The Pick of the post". An advertising postcard for Ridgways Tea, showing a pack of young puppies making some tasty discoveries while the Postmans back is turned

Postal Sack Label - Royal Mail - postage from London (SW1) to Aberdeen Date: circa 1970s

Post Office, Ladysmith, South Africa Date: circa 1910s

Support the Armed Forces - USA - WW2 Propaganda - " Give them the tools to Finish the Job". Date: 1943

The Main Post Office - Omaha, Nebraska, USA Date: circa 1902

Christmas card in the shape of a house, with a postman making a delivery. Date: circa 1890s

Map of the postal system of Spain (18th c. )
Map of the postal system of Spain (18th c.). Dedicated to the Cond頯 f Floridablanca. SPAIN. Madrid. Post and Telegraph Museum

Cover design, Sabena airmail service, between Belgium and the Congo in five days. Showing part of the globe with a red line marking the route. March 1935

Air Mail Poster
GPO poster, Use Air Mail. Showing the outline of a monoplane on a black background. 1934

GPO By Air Mail Poster

Delivery of the mail at Rand Airport - Johannesburg
Card issued for the Empire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa. The airmail section of the General Post Office in Johannesburg

Adams Express Company Couriers. A delivery company since the 1830s, in 1854 it was re-organised as Adams Express. Following a robbery

U. S. Post Office, New York
U.S. Post Office, New York, America. Date: ca. 1880

Official postcard of the Empire Exhibition, Johannesburg - reverse of one of the cards Date: 1936

Turkey - Venerable Turks surrounded by postage stamps
Turkey - Venerable Turks (Anatolian Farm workers - now retired!) surrounded by Turkish postage stamps Date: circa 1903

European Gentleman delivering a letter to a Soon-Tah-Burdar or Silver Baton-Bearer. (Plate 6 of 20) Date: 1813

The Wreck of the Titanic - Honour to the Brave
Page from the Sphere honouring the brave men who were part of the Titanics crew who were lost with the ship when it sank, including all the engineers (36), the band (8), the postal clerks (5)

Postman with post from Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Postman with Post from Tunbridge Wells. His mail sack folds out to reveal small photographic views of this charming town in Kent. Date: 1913

Stamps of Romania
Stamps and the Crest of Romania of 1906 and a small map showing the location of the country on the Black Sea, bordering Russia, Austria-Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria (at the time). Date: 1906

Post sorting office
Postman sorting the post in the post office, Landskrona 1940. Date: 1940

New Post Office, Flint, Michigan, USA Date: circa 1910s

Romania - Bucharest - Postal Palace (Central Post Office?) Date: circa 1902

King George Post Box
A King George (V or VI?) country letter box. Date: 1950s

Victorian Pillar Box
An old Victorial postal pillar box at Mudsford, near Christchurch, England. It has a vertical slit for posting letters into it. Date: 1855

Red Post Boxes
Two typical British red post boxes. Date: 1979

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