Posting Collection (page 2)

New public pillar post box 1857
New freestanding public post box of 1857, set up in the streets of Metropolis, designed by A. Copper, C.E. of Great George Street and Mr. W. J Wills superintended the ornamentation. Date: 1857

TOO BIG FOR THE BOX
Too big for the box ! - so now shell have to go and stand in line at the Post Office, which will give her a chance to show off her fine clothes, hat and muff. Date: circa 1890

Woman in Christmas outfit, posting letters, rain
A lady braves the winter rain to post her Christmas cards Date: 1928

Birthday greeting
Child posting a letter and the message With lots of love my wish I send, for a Happy Birthday little friend! Artist: Iris Chick. Date: circa 1928

A Jolly Postman invites you to look in his post box
A Jolly Postman invites the recipient of this card to Open his box of tricks and look at the contents - in this case some tiny ()

Duke of York at the reconstructed G. P. O. at Mount Pleasant
Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952) at the reconstructed G.P.O. at sorting Office at Mount Pleasant, London - November 1934

Children posting a letter
Two children, dressed in adorable matching yellow outfits, post a letter at a rather remote looking postbox. Date: 1951

Pillar box with woman and child posting a letter -- This is for you. Date: circa 1910s

Soho, London - Dean Street and Old Compton Street W1
Soho, London - corner of Dean Street and Old Compton Street W1, with a man posting a letter in the pillar box. The Post Office Tower is visible in the far distance. 1973

Christmas Card - Dutch children posting cards
Christmas Card - A Right Merry Xmas To You - Dutch children posting cards in the snow. early 20th century

Patriotic British postcard, girl with doll, WW1
First World War patriotic postcard, showing a little girl standing by a red pillar box, about to post her (male) doll to Lord Kitchener at the War Office

Red pillar box with boy and dog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Red pillar box with girl and dog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two teddy bears posting a letter, by Lawson Wood. Date: circa 1900s

Posting a Xmas letter
Xmas greeting. Boy in a red cap with his dog, posting aletter or card into a postbox. Date: circa 1906

Christmas card, Robins posting Christmas Greetings. 20th century

Boy Posting Letter - Hope this reaches you. early 20th century

Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes, Lagos, Nigeria
Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes (front row, centre), at the time of her posting to Lagos, Nigeria. She served with the Met Police from 1950 to 1975

Cherubs posting letter on a Christmas card
Cherubs posting a letter on a three-dimensional Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Dog Posting Letter
This dog performs the neat trick of posting a letter without human assistance. Date: 20th century

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 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

John Hassall Correspondence Art School - the Poster Course
A man up a ladder posts a poster; illustration accompanying a section in the John Hassall Correspondence Art School brochure explaining about its poster course

Girl posting letters. Girl posting her Xmas cards at a pillar box in a snowy winter scene. Artist: Agnes Richardson Date: circa 1917

Votes for Women Bill Posting. Suffragettes Keenly sticking bills on everything - Policemen, letter boxes, dogs and even walls. Date: circa 1910

A Japanese general election, results being posted up
A Japanese general election. Election results in Tokyo are posted up on a board outside a newspaper office during the cleaner politics general election, in which the left made important gains

Lady billposters, WW1
Some of the twenty women employed by a large London billposting firm during the First World War. Date: 1916

Christmas Card from the 2nd Batt. Essex Regiment in Istanbul
Christmas Card from 1922 produced for soldiers of the Essex Regiment - nickname, " The Pompadours" - (motto: Montis insignia calpe ) (Badge of the Rock of Gibraltar), stationed at Istanbul

Two owls on a Christmas card, with envelopes in their beaks. Date: circa 1890s

Children posting a letter to Santa Claus Date: 1915

Collecting the mail on Christmas Eve - Ashley Street, London
Collecting the mail on Christmas Eve 1955 - Ashley Street, London. The postal van bears the slightly humorous slogan (in regard to the date this photograph was taken) Post Early for Christmas !

Man posting an advertisement for La publicite en France par Emile Mermet on a city wall between a poster of two people captioned les femmes and a poster of a Montgolfier hot-air balloon

Girl and boy posting a letter
A little girl and boy posting a letter on a greetings postcard. The message on the back is addressed to an aunt, offering best wishes on her saints name day, Sainte Marie (15 August)

Girl at a letterbox
A young girl with her dogs posting letters. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

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

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

German man posts letter to his lover
A cheeky young German man posts a letter of Goodbye to his soon-to-be-ex girlfriend!!! Date: circa 1910s

Children posting their Christmas cards
Posting letters at Xmas - illustration by Charles Robinson. circa 1910

Little girl writes a letter to her granny
A little girl writes a letter to her grandmother, and makes sure to check her grammar before posting it. Date: 1908

Bill Posters, New York
Bill Boards and Poster Room. Two men posting a large bill for the Criterion Theatre performance of The Dictator with William Collier, on a free-standing board on a New York sidew

Double page spread in a diary for 9-14 January
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 9-14 January. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Postbox by J. A. Thorpe
A small girl (Phyllis) posts a letter while out walking the dog with her mother and says with a sudden clarity of understanding, " So thats where Aunty Mabel lives"

The Main Post Office, Istanbul. There are different counters for local/ interior post and for International post. A clock above the counter unusually shows the time in two different time zones

Gustav Hamel leaving Hendon for Windsor
The aviator Gustav Hamel leaving 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 and back again

Christmas Post by Ethel Parkinson
A woman, accompanied by a small girl, posts a rather large stash of Christmas cards off to lots of lucky recipients

Posting Christmas parcels
Photograph showing a young boy with his mother posting Christmas cards and presents

Changing Horses
The Mail Change - at a posting inn, four fresh horses are brought out to replace those of the approaching mail coach

A Friend in Need
Humorous illustration showing a little girl helping a small terrier dog to reach up to post a letter

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