Post Collection

The Royal Logistic Corps. The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed in 1993, by the union of the following British Army corps: Royal Corps of Transport, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Mersey Street, West London
A view of Mersey Street, North Kensington, London, with a woman and three children. The street looks very run down, and there is an auction sale sign on the terraced housing to the left. Date: 1960

The Post Man
People You See. From Teddy Bear (25 April 1964)

The Postwoman
People You See: The Postwoman. From Teddy Bear (12 October 1968)

Pixies and Pigeon Post

At the post office
People You See. From Teddy Bear (19 November 1965)

Postman
People You See. Postman. From Teddy Bear (19 December 1964)

Nursery rhyme illustration. From Treasure (artwork dated 22 June)

Post Girl delivering letters
People You See: The Post Girl. From Teddy Bear (7 December 1968)

Horse racing. Nearing the post. Date: 1904

WW2 Poster -- ATS recruitment poster
ATS recruitment poster. Every member of the ATS learns a job that will help her to earn her living in the post-war world. Auxiliary Territorial Service

Records of first UK aerial mail service
Thepostmasters official handwrittenrecordsrelatingto thefirst UKaerialmail service from London to Windsor andWindsor to LondoninSeptember1911. 1911

Poster Design for the Derby at Epsom Racecourse in Surrey circa 1950s

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

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 to Africa Poster
Poster, Air Mail to Africa, showing two Africans looking up at airliner G-ABPI. 20th century

GPO By Air Mail Poster

Tattooed post runner, Japan. circa 1890s

Mermaid folk

Sir Rowland Hill - Postal Reformer
Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879) - English postal reformer - introduced the penny post. Date: circa 1870

Cover design, Post Card Painting Book
Cover design for a Post Card Painting Book, showing a little girl with a puppy in her arms, posting a postcard into a red pillar box. circa early 20th century

Poster advertising Post Office Savings Bank
Poster advertising the Post Office Savings Bank -- money is power. Showing two tall smoking chimneys, possibly of Battersea Power Station. 20th century

Wartime poster advertising Post Office Savings Bank, encouraging people to Save for Defence during the Second World War. 1940s

Women with spinning wheel, Scotland
Two women and a girl sitting outside the Post Office with a spinning wheel and other equipment, Scotland. late 19th century

Post Office, Yokohama, Japan. circa 1890s

Street in Yoshiwara, Tokyo, Japan
Street in the Yoshiwara district of Tokyo, Japan. circa 1890s

Post runner, Japan

Advertisement for National Savings in the shape of a bookmark. 20th century

How to see Paris, its environs, and the battlefields
Cover illustration for How to see Paris, its environs, and the battlefields, Motor Tours, with Thomas Cook & Son, Paris. The Old Fortification in the foreground

Cleared bomb site in Wroclaw, Poland
A post-World War Two bomb site in Wroclaw (Breslau), Poland which has been cleared and flattened. A goal has been painted in white paint on the wall of a building so that children can play football

Poster, Join the Thrift Column (a play on words -- not the Fifth Column!). Advertising the Post Office Savings Bank. Showing a long queue of people waiting to open their accounts. 20th century

Watercolour scene with beach and observation post
A watercolour scene showing a beach with an observation post built on stilts. A woman in a swimming costume sits on a rock looking out to sea

Christmas Post by Ethel Parkinson

White puppy posting a letter

Advertisement for Maxwell House coffee

Advertisement for Nescafe coffee
Advertisement for Nescafe instant coffee in the Saturday Evening Post, featuring a cafe scene in 16th century Damascus. 1946

Post from Bektashi Meydan
" In the meydan (" sacred space" ) of the Bektashi Sufi order are 12 " posts" ( Turkish meaning usually a skin, normally a sheepskin)

German lookout post, Mametz Wood, Western Front, WW1

Woman and dog, North Ballachulish Post Office, Scotland
Woman and dog in the doorway of the North Ballachulish Post Office, Scotland

Man and boy, Timsgarry Post Office, Isle of Lewis
A man and a boy stand at the door of the rustic Timsgarry Post Office, Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Swinging girl in Southam Street, London
A girl swings on a piece of rope tied to a lamp post in Southam Street, North Kensington, London, aided and abetted by her friend

New homes in Cumbernauld, near Glasgow
Newly built, ultra-modern homes in Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Cumbernauld was created as a new town in 1956, to cope with Glasgows population overspill. Date: 1965

Boys playing cricket, Clerkenwell, London
A group of boys playing cricket in the street in Clerkenwell, London. Date: 1957

Girls playing in North Kensington, London
Two girls playing on a street corner in North Kensington, London. The smaller girl swings from a rope attached to a lamppost

Farm scene - Painting by Raymond Sheppard
A winding muddy track leading toward a farmyard, barns and farm buildings. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Slum street with fire, Harrow Road area
A deserted slum street with a fire in the gutter, off Harrow Road, Paddington, London. Date: 1960

Post-World War Two bomb site in Wroclaw, Poland
A post-World War Two bomb site in Wroclaw (Breslau), Poland with a bare tree, a gutted building and piles of rubble. Half of the city was destroyed during the Siege of Breslau in 1945. Date: 1959

Women working during the First World War. Above: in a weapons factory, filling shells with explosives. Below: an outdoor scene with a woman bus conductor

Mending a Lamp Post
A crowd gathers to watch a workman up a ladder mending a broken lamp post, England. Date: early 1930s

Japanese post runner Date: 19th century

Post-War Recruitment
Poster asking employers to take on men who have served during the First World War, featuring a personal plea from Douglas Haig. Date: c.1918-19

A Friend in Need
Humorous illustration showing a little girl helping a small terrier dog to reach up to post a letter. Date: c.1915

Kittens in a postbox circa early 20th century

Lamp Post Larks
Mischievous little girls hanging from a lamp post, St. Stephens Gardens, London. Date: 1957

Post Office Savings Bank poster
Wherever you go there is a branch of the Post Office Savings Bank. The one depicted in the rural scene is in Wharfedale, Yorkshire. Date: 1930s

Street Games
Children climbing a lamp post and standing on the back bumper of a vehicle on Clarendon Crescent (off Harrow Road), London. Date: 1959

Horses and jockeys racing towards the finishing post
Horses and jockeys on a racecourse, racing towards the finishing post. 20th century

Italian Airmail Warehouse
View of an Italian Airmail Warehouse (Aero Espresso Italiana) with a British seaplane. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: circa 1932

Kestrel and English Countryside scenery
A Kestrel sat on a fencepost is set into the border framing a n atmospheric view of the late summer light throwing the shape of the trees of an English countryside into sharp relief

The Monarch 120 Call Connect System
A secretary or receptionist uses a new electronic post office telecommunications device/switchboard unit. A promotional photograph for the Monarch 120 Call Connect System

George V Pillar Box
An English postman in his uniform, demonstrates the knack of buying a book of stamps from a vending machine attached to a King George V pillar box. Date: early 1930s

Country Post Office
The Postmistress of North Ballachulish, Scotland, stands at the door of her office, holding her dog. Date: 1926

Sorting Post 1930S
One of the hundreds of groups of auxiliaries at the General Post Office (GPO), dispatching parcels to distant colonies during the usual Christmas postal rush. Date: early 1930s

Demolition in Hampden Crescent
Demolition of slum housing in Hampden Crescent, Paddington, West London. Date: 1965

Military Postman
A military postman for the British army collecting post from a mail box on an army camp site. Date: 1930s

Posting a Letter
A woman posts a letter into the letter box of the Marie Curie Hospital, Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

Penny Farthing Post
A postman on a penny farthing delivers a parcel to a woman dressed in a long coat with fur trim Date: 1930

Postman on Pennyfarthing
A postman on a penny farthing delivers a parcel to a woman dressed in a long coat with fur trim Date: 1930

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