Mail Collection (page 2)

Lms down Special
The London Midland and Scottish Railways Down Special mail train heads north with the Scottish Mail

General Post Office
THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, Lombard Street, London

The first aerial post in England
The first aerial postman receiving the first bag of mail for carriage by airship: Mr Hamel signing the official receipt

Rural Mailboxes, Galisteo, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Parcels Post Van C1870
Parcels Post van of the British Post Office

SS Viceroy of India - P&O Line - India Mail and Passenger Service. Date: circa 1910s

Harland & Wolff - promotional brochure
Harland and Wolff - extremely rare Harland & Wolff promotional brochure. This soft-bound volume includes company history and information

Bridge workers board on 007, the Humber Bridge service bus, for the journey over the centre span of Humber Bridge from Hessle towards to Barton

MAIL COACH IN FLOOD
A mail coach in a flood. Date: circa 1835

Victorian Postman and Children Posting a Letter 1895
Vintage engraving of a little boy and girl giving a letter to a Royal Mail postman as he collects the mail from a letter box. The Prize 1895

GPO map of Mail Steamship Routes. Date: circa 1950s

Rudolph Valentino / Mail
RUDOLPH VALENTINO Italian-American romantic film idol with his fan mail Date: 1895 - 1926

Advertisement, Freemans catalogue, featuring Lulu
Advertisement for the Freemans of London mail order catalogue, featuring the pop singer Lulu, March 1975. 1975

Poster, The Continent via Dover-Ostend, Belgian State Railways and Mail Packets. Date: circa 1930s

Dod Procter RA (born Doris Margaret Shaw, 18901972), English artist, and wife of artist Ernest Procter, pictured in The Sketch magazine in 1927 when her painting Morning which was exhibited at

RMS Oceanic - White Star Line
The RMS Oceanic One of the greatest White Star liners. She was the first ship built after Thomas Ismay bought the company, with a highly innovative design

Penny Post Jubilee card - Sir Rowland Hill - 1890
A Penny Post Jubilee card, issued in 1890 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee (50 years, 1840 - 1890) of the Penny Post. The card features a postman from 1840 and one from 1890

Mails for the Packets arriving at Falmouth, 1833 circa 1930

Knight Templar, knight and Bishop
Knight Templar stands on a Mediterranean shore, wearing the red cross on his cloak authorised by pope Eugenius III in 1146. Knight in chainmail, robe and holding shield and sword, and bishop

The Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Mauretania in full flow Date: 1922

Poster advertising Royal Mail Line trips to Venice
Poster advertising Royal Mail Line autumn cruises to Venice, also calling at the Dalmatian Coast, Athens, Corfu and Constantinople. Showing a gondola on the canal below the Bridge of Sighs

Platform 8 at Paddington Station, 1905
Arrival of an Ocean Mail Special from Plymouth. Staff unload mail from carriages to horse drawn Royal Mail vans ready for delivery

Cover design, London Mail, Christmas Extra 1923
Cover design in art deco style, London Mail Christmas Extra 1923 Date: 1923

New recruits to the Royal Navy write their first letter home to tell their people of their safe arrival at HMS Raleigh, the navys training barracks at Torpoint in Cornwall. 21st December 1942

Mail coach on the High Street at Stony Stratford
A packed vintage four-horse mail coach on the High Street at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. Due to the juxtaposition of two hotels in the centre of town, The Cock and The Bull (pictured)

Paddle Steamer Bournemouth Queen, of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Date: circa 1910

Paddle Steamer Southampton, at Southampton
Paddle Steamer Southampton of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, at Southampton, with passengers on deck. Date: circa 1900s

The Fast Mail by Lincoln J. Carter. First produced in England at Rochdale on 26th December 1891 and at the Grand Theatre, Islington, London on 27th June 1892

The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - Second Class Lounge. Date: 1922

The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - Passenger Elevators. Date: 1922

The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - The Entrance Hall Date: 1922

STAMP, 1845. New York Postmasters Provisional Stamp

Ideal Home Exhibition - Heath Robinson Home
William Heath Robinsons Ideal Home - " The Gadgets". Displayed at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition at London Olympia. Date: 1934

Last known photo of Captain Smith of RMS Titanic
RMS Titanic - extremely rare first generation press photograph taken by Dr McLean from the tender Ireland as she brought mail and a handful of passengers to the Titanic

Isolde writing to Tristan, 1892-1894 (engraving)
AIS5356036 Isolde writing to Tristan, 1892-1894 (engraving) by Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-98); (add.info.: Art Nouveau: Iseult (iseut, Yseut or Isolde) writing to Tristan

Messenger with a Letter, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine, c. 1797-98 (colour woodblock print;oban)
5860842 Messenger with a Letter, from the series " Elegant Five-needled Pine, c.1797-98 (colour woodblock print; oban) by Utamaro

Pony Express Riders, c. 1860 (b / w photo)
PNP246299 Pony Express Riders, c.1860 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

RMS Oceanic in Graving Dock, Liverpool
RMS Oceanic in Graving Dock (Dry Dock), Liverpool, shortly before launch in 1899. Date: circa 1899

Front cover design for a brochure for Liner RMS Mauretania
The attractive front cover design for a brochure for the Liner RMS Mauretania, designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson for the British Cunard Line. Date: 1922

The Mimosa Daily Mail arrives in Nice
An aeroplane arriving in Nice to deliver copies of the Mimosa Daily Mail, a special Riviera edition of the newspaper for people enjoying some winter sunshine in the fashionable South of France

Blitz in London -- salvaged mail, Calthorpe Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- following the bombing of Mount Pleasant Post Office on 18 June 1943, salvaged mail was temporarily piled up in nearby Calthorpe Street. Date: 1943

Poster advertising Royal Mail Line Atlantis Cruises
Poster advertising Royal Mail Line Sunshine Cruises on the Atlantis. Date: 1935

Medieval Arms And Armor
Engraving shows two examples of medieval armor, on the left is a specimen from the late 13th and early 14th Century as depicted on the arms of Hugh of Chatillon which includes a broigne

At sign on a computer keyboard, symbolic image for the internet

Barrabool - P&O Line (one class only) - England-Egypt-Ceylon (Sri Lanka)-Australia service - twin-screw vessel. Date: circa 1910s

RMS Kenilworth Castle - Union Castle Line. Launched in 1904 and scrapped in 1936. Date: circa 1905

P&O Mail and Passenger liner - SS Rawalpindi
P&O liner SS Rawalpindi - India Passenger and Mail Service - 16, 600 tons gross. Date: 1937

Royal Mail postbox beside drystone wall, with snow covered fell in background, Chapel Stile, Langdale, Lake District N.P. Cumbria, England, February

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