Mail Collection (#74)

NEW ZEALAND: AUCKLAND. Home mail arrives at the post office of Auckland, New Zealand. Wood engraving, English, 1864

CAMEL EXPRESS, 1877. Descendants of the surviving pair of camels of the original Camel Express of 1857 in service in Nevada twenty years after: American engraving, 1877

CAMEL CARAVAN, 1877. Descendants of the surviving pair of camels of the original Camel Express of 1857 in service in Nevada twenty years after. Wood engraving, 1877

MAIL TRAIN, 1875. Sorting the mail on the Lightning Express mail train between New York and Chicago, Illinois. Wood engraving, 1875

PONY EXPRESS, 1867. The Overland Pony Express. Color engraving

IRISH IMMIGRANTS. Leaving their home for America; the mail coach from Cahirciveen, County Kerry: colored engraving, 1866

RUSSIAN TROIKA, 1847. A Russian courier rides in a troika. Wood engraving, English, 1847

ENGLAND: MAIL TRAIN, 1849. An English mail train. Wood engraving, 1849

PONY EXPRESS, 1867. Overland pony express station at Cheese Creek, Nebraska. Engraving, 1867

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

Cover design, Circuit of Britain Programme
Cover design, official programme issued by the Royal Aero Club for the Circuit of Britain 1010 Miles Air Race for the Second 10, 000 Daily Mail prize

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

GPO By Air Mail Poster

Saloon passenger list - White Star Line steamship services
White Star Line steamship services between New York and Liverpool, United States and Royal Mail : saloon passenger list. 1882

Soldier of the Royal Guard. Ancient dress not yet entirely obsolete - Coat & helmet are lined with a mail of hard leather - & studded with iron buttons

Night scene at an American railway junction: Lightning Express, Flying Mail, and Owl Trains, on time. Date c1876. Night scene at an American railway junction: Lightning Express, Flying Mail

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

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

An Allan Line Royal Mail triple screw steamer
The Allan Line Royal Mail triple screw steamer, " Victorian" and " Virginian". (12000 tons). Allan Line was bought by Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1917

South Africa - Transfer by basket at East London
South Africa - Passengers transferred by basket from the Mail Steamer at East London Date: circa 1910s

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 !

U. S. mail steam ship Baltic: Collins line. builders, hull by
U.S. mail steam ship Baltic: Collins line. builders, hull by Brown & Bell N.Y. engines by Allaire Works N.Y. Date c1850. U.S. mail steam ship Baltic: Collins line. builders, hull by Brown & Bell N.Y

Royal mail steam ship, Asia. Date c1851

U. S. mail steam ship Pacific: Collins line, builders, hull b
U.S. mail steam ship Pacific: Collins line, builders, hull by Brown & Bell N.Y. engines by Allaire Works N.Y. Date c1850. U.S

Royal mail steam ship, Europe. Date c1849

Maria Theresia, Promenade Deck, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Maria Theresia, Promenade Deck, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca

Grosser Kurfurst, forward passage, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Grosser Kurfurst, forward passage, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers

Konig Albert, Promenade Deck, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Konig Albert, Promenade Deck, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca

United States mail steam ship Pacific. Date 1853. United States mail steam ship Pacific. Date 1853

The great pictorial romance of the age, or, steam ship commodores & United States mail contractors. American political cartoon about the awarding of United States mail contracts

Konig Albert, dining room, second class, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Konig Albert, dining room, second class, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers

Konig Albert, smoking cabin, second class, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Konig Albert, smoking cabin, second class, North German Lloyd

Grosser Kurfurst, dining room, first class, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Grosser Kurfurst, dining room, first class, North German Lloyd

Maria Theresia, smoking cabin, first class, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Maria Theresia, smoking cabin, first class, North German Lloyd

Grosser Kurfurst, Ladies cabin, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Grosser Kurfurst, Ladies cabin, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca

Konig Albert, staircase, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Konig Albert, staircase, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca

Konig Albert, dining room, first class, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Konig Albert, dining room, first class, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers

Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, smoking cabin, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, smoking cabin, North German Lloyd

China Korea Siberia speed comfort trans-pacific line, Pacific Mail Steamship Co

Grosser Kurfurst, Promenade Deck, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Grosser Kurfurst, Promenade Deck, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers

Wm. H. Crane. The Pacific mail by Paul M. Potter. Date c1894

Ozark children getting mail from RFD box, Missouri. Date 1940 May

The limited mail Elmer E. Vances famous railroad play. Date c1899

French Army in the Saarbrucken area, 1939
French soldiers receiving post, with letters being opened on the spot in excitement. Theh French Army depicted here by Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania in the northern section

Decorative Christmas frieze - coach and horses
Simple but dramatic Christmas scene featuring a silhouette of a coach and horses, with postillion in full flow, dashing through a snowy landscape. c. 1925

Alexandria, Egypt - Steam Packet Docks Date: circa 1910s

Lord Rothermere
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (26 April 1868 26 November 1940), highly successful British newspaper proprietor and owner of Associated Newspapers Ltd

George Lester - Mail Carrier at Cortland Post Office
George Lester - Mail Carrier No.1 at The Cortland Post Office, NY, USA. Date: circa 1915

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