Postal Collection (#3)

Farnborough Post Office, Kent. Date: circa 1930

The Post Office at Pleaux (Cantal), France Date: circa 1930s

Post Office, Leigh, near Tonbridge, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Sundial, Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, France
Sundial and route map for postal and courier coaches between Launois and Paris, on a stone plaque at the coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France

Stagecoach relief, Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes
Stagecoach relief at the coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The inn provided food, accommodation

Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, France
Coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The inn provided food, accommodation, stabling and transport and was a stage house for delivering post

Carriage, Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, France
Carriages in a wooden barn at the coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The inn provided food, accommodation

Great Hall, Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes
Great Hall with its wooden frame, at the coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The inn provided food, accommodation

Stable, Coaching inn, Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, France
Drinking troughs and hay mangers in the stables at the coaching inn, built 1654, in Launois-sur-Vence, Ardennes, Grand Est, France

Transporting the mail, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904

Phari post office, the highest in the world (15, 000 feet), in Yadong County, on the Tibet border, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British

The Home Of The P. C. C
A drawing which shows the front face of the home of the P.C.C. Great Britain's first postal college of art, an institution to aid artists in the generation of income. Date: circa 1919

RMS Titanic - passenger's album of scraps
RMS Titanic - album of scraps, which were the property of Richard May, a Titanic passenger who travelled only as far as Queenstown, Ireland

RMS Titanic - William Logan Gwinn items
RMS Titanic - items relating to William Logan Gwinn (or Gwynne), Postal Clerk who lost his life at the age of 37 when the ship sank

Joan Crawford Fan Mail
A fan's letter to Joan Crawford, using a portrait of her face in lieu of an address. Date: 1933

Franking machine at the London General Post Office Date: 1923

Letters arrive for sorting at the London General Post Office Date: 1923

Prince Albert, Dover to Ostend mail boat Date: 1950s

Brazil Bilhete Postal
Postcard printed in pink on light buff card with Vinte Reis oval stamp. Date: 1880

Bolivian Tarjeta Postal
The postcard is printed in brown on a light green card and carries a printed 5 Centavos stamp.It was for Internal use only. Date: 1887

Argentinian Republic Tarjeta Postal
This is the first postcard issued by Argentina. It has an undivided back and carries a 4 Centavos printed stamp. Date: 1878

The World's First Postcard
The idea of a postal card which could be used at half the letter rate was that of Heinrich von Stephan in 1865. Later that year

The Village Postman Date: 1907

Unique letterbox - Western side St. George's Square, PImlico
Unique letterbox on the Western side of St. George's Square, Pimlico, London - now removed Date: 1954

Melbourne and Tasmanian Mail Routes - Australia
Detailed map showing Melbourne and Tasmanian Mail Routes across the Bass Strait from Melbourne, Victoria to Burnie, Tasmania - Australia. Date: circa 1910s

Royal Mail Steamer leaving Cape Town Docks, South Africa Date: circa 1920s

Cotswolds postman delivering parcel, 1938
Cotwolds postman delivering a parcel to a woman over a cottage gate in 1938. He is riding a pony and has parcels of a variety of shapes to deliver, including a dead unplucked goose. Date: 1938

WW2 - 1st day cover - Onward! Onward! Victory or Death!
WW2 - 1st day cover - Onward! Onward! All hearts resolved in Victory or Death! Date: circa 1943

Stamp of the Spanish Republic commemorating the 150th anniversary of the US Constitution (1938). SPAIN. Barcelona. Postal and Philatelic Museum

Parcel bomb
The result of a parcel bomb explosion at the offices of the Morning Star newspaper, which left the paper's postal manager Ms May Pateman burned and shocked

A postman in Landes, Bordeaux, France delivering letters whilst walking on stilts, 1897 (engraving)
878567 A postman in Landes, Bordeaux, France delivering letters whilst walking on stilts, 1897 (engraving) by English School

Unsorted Mail at General Post Office, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, 1914 (b/w photo)
5863175 Unsorted Mail at General Post Office, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, 1914 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944); Private Collection

Mailman Collecting Mail from Mailbox after Blizzard, Washington DC, 1922 (b/w photo)
3964126 Mailman Collecting Mail from Mailbox after Blizzard, Washington DC, 1922 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection

General Post Office, St. Martin's Le Grand, London, England
6317582 General Post Office, St. Martin's Le Grand, London, England by English School, (19th century); (add.info.: General Post Office, St. Martin's Le Grand, London, England, 19th century)

DDE-90035802
Post box in ivy, Henley-on-Thames, England. Date: 03/02/2006

The Mail Coach (colour litho)
XIR212504 The Mail Coach (colour litho) by Adam, Victor (1801-66); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; (add.info.: Victor Adam (1801-66))

Woman mail carrier in Berlin during World War I, 1915 (b / w photo)
4072615 Woman mail carrier in Berlin during World War I, 1915 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

The Open-Air Cure for Consumption at Montana, the Post arriving at the Beauregard Sanatorium (litho)
1040840 The Open-Air Cure for Consumption at Montana, the Post arriving at the Beauregard Sanatorium (litho) by Lanos, Henri (1859-1929); Private Collection; (add.info)

Red and blue Mauritius Post Office Stamps, 1847 (colour engraving)
6256299 Red and blue Mauritius Post Office Stamps, 1847 (colour engraving) by English School, (19th century); Blue Penny Museum, Port Louis, Mauritius; eimageBROKER.com / Hans Blossey; English

Postage Valse (colour litho)
3656826 Postage Valse (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Postage Valse. Sheet music cover.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection

Bank of Cupid (colour litho)
3641554 Bank of Cupid (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bank of Cupid. Postcard, early 20th century. Sent: 1906.); © Look and Learn

Delivering mail in rural Japan (photo)
5999811 Delivering mail in rural Japan (photo) by Japanese Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Delivering mail in rural Japan)

Victorian postal stationery from the Halfpenny Letter Post Company, Leadenhall Street, London (litho)
6030997 Victorian postal stationery from the Halfpenny Letter Post Company, Leadenhall Street, London (litho) by English School

Postman (b / w photo)
5215351 Postman (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Postman. Illustration for The New Metropolis edited by E Idell Zeisloft (D Appleton)

Incidents of Mail-Cart Travelling in South Africa (engraving)
1059412 Incidents of Mail-Cart Travelling in South Africa (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Incidents of Mail-Cart Travelling in South Africa)

Arrival of the French Mail-Boat at Dover (engraving)
1625884 Arrival of the French Mail-Boat at Dover (engraving) by Weber, Theodore (1838-1907); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arrival of the French Mail-Boat at Dover)

The Mail Coach in a Flood (colour litho)
1037438 The Mail Coach in a Flood (colour litho) by Pollard, James (1797-1867) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Mail Coach in a Flood)

Post Office Savings Bank Jubilee Celebration (chromolitho)
614584 Post Office Savings Bank Jubilee Celebration (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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