General Post Office Collection

The General Post-Office, Sydney, New South Wales, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The General Post-Office, Sydney, New South Wales, 1872

The Post Office and Curb Flower Market, Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa, c1930s. Main street of the central business district (downtown) of Cape Town. From " Tour of the World"

Operator on the Mayfair Exchange, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Operator on the Mayfair Exchange, 1932, (1933). Telephone exchange operator in Mayfair, central London. From " The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

N.Y. Post Office -- main corridor, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
N.Y. Post Office -- main corridor, between c1914 and c1915. Shows the Pennsylvania Terminal Post Office (General Post Office Building), now called the James A

N.Y.'s new Post Office, between c1912 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
N.Y.'s new Post Office, between c1912 and c1915. Shows the Pennsylvania Terminal Post Office (General Post Office Building), now called the James A

New uniform for the letter-carriers, mail-guards, and drivers, in the employ of the General Post Office, 1860. Uniforms...designed by Tait Brothers and Co

The Jubileeof the Penny Postage; A Portrait of the Past and Present Postmasters-General, and the Leading Officials of the General Post Office, 1890

The General Post-Office; The Inland Letter Office, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The General Post-Office; The Inland Letter Office, 1844. Workers in the main post office at St Martins Le Grand in London

The General Post-Office; The Letter-Carriers Office, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The General Post-Office; The Letter-Carriers Office, 1844

The General Post-Office; The Office Letter Railroad, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The General Post-Office; The Office Letter Railroad, 1844

The General Post-Office; The Money-Order Vaults, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The General Post-Office; The Money-Order Vaults, 1844

The General Post-Office; Letter-bag hoist, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The General Post-Office; Letter-bag hoist, 1844. Worker at the main post office at St Martins Le Grand in London, using a hoist: for raising bags of letters into the Ship Letter-office above

The Secret-Office, at the General Post Office, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Secret-Office, at the General Post Office, 1844. Workers at the main post office at St Martins Le Grand in London

The General Post-Office; The Newspaper Bin, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The General Post-Office; The Newspaper Bin, 1844

The General Post-Office; Packing the Indian Mail, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The General Post-Office; Packing the Indian Mail, 1844

General Post Office, Sydney, 1901. Creator: Unknown
General Post Office, Sydney, 1901. Landmark building on Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales, constructed from 1866, designed under guidance of Architect James Barnet in Victorian Renaissance Style

Adelaide, from the Post Office Tower, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Adelaide, from the Post Office Tower, 1901. Adelaides General Post Office, a colonial-era building on King William Street and Victoria Square, constructed 1867-1872

General Post Office - Calcutta. Creator: Unknown
General Post Office - Calcutta. The General Post Office building in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, was designed in 1864 by Walter B. Grenville and completed in 1868. Postcard

Bourke Street looking east, Melbourne, Australia, 1895. Creator: York & Son
Bourke Street looking east, Melbourne, Australia, 1895. Melbournes first trams were horse-drawn, and began operating in 1884. In the distance is the General Post Office clock tower

General Post Office, Sydney, c1900. Creator: Unknown
General Post Office, Sydney, c1900. Victorian Italian Renaissance Style Post Office designed under guidance of Colonial Architect James Barnet

Heavy Snow-fall near General Post-Office, Simla, c1918-c1939. Creator: Unknown
Heavy Snow-fall near General Post-Office, Simla, c1918-c1939. From an album of postcards

Principal Facade of the General Post Office Headquarters at King Edward Street, c1935

New General Post Office, St. Martin s-Le-Grand, c1872. Creator: Unknown
New General Post Office, St. Martin s-Le-Grand, c1872. View of the General Post Office in the City of London. The Neoclassical building designed by Robert Smirke was opened in 1829

The Old Post Office, in Lombard Street, about 1800, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
The Old Post Office, in Lombard Street, about 1800, (c1872). The General Post Office (GPO) had its headquarters on Lombard Street in the City of London from 1678 to 1829

General Post Office - New North Building, (c1897). Artist: E&S Woodbury
General Post Office - New North Building, London, (c1897). This building, completed in 1895, is occupied by the official, financial, and clerical staff of the Post Office

General Post Office, circa 1793 - Showing Buildings Adjoining Lloyds Coffee House, (1928)
General Post Office, circa 1793 - Showing Buildings Adjoining Lloyds Coffee House, 1928. From A History of Lloyd s, by Charles Wright and C. Ernest Fayle. [Macmillan and Company Limited, London, 1928]

The new General Post Office, City of London, c1830. Artist: Henry Pyall
The new General Post Office, City of London, c1830. North-east view with the Royal Mails (and carts) preparing to start. The destinations are shown in the bottom margin

Aldersgate Street, City of London, c1830. Artist: Nathaniel Whittock
Aldersgate Street, City of London, c1830

Mail coach outside the General Post Office, Lombard Street, City of London, 1827. With figures in the coach and on the pavement, including a fruit seller

Lombard Street, City of London, 1815. Artist: William Pearson
Lombard Street, City of London, 1815. View along Lombard Street, showing the General Post Office and the north side of the church of St Mary Woolnoth

General Post Office, City of London, 1830. Artist: Henry Pyall
General Post Office, City of London, 1830. North-east view of the old General Post Office with the Royal Mail carriages preparing to depart

The Old General Post Office and St Martins le Grand, 1835. With St Pauls Cathedral in the distance

The General Post Office - Night, 1891. Artist: William Luker
The General Post Office - Night, 1891. The General Post Office in St. Martins Le Grand was the main post office for London between 1829 and 1912

A Scene from Weather Forecast, 1934, (1934). Artist: George Noble
A Scene from Weather Forecast, 1934, (1934). Weather Forecast, 1934, directed by Evelyn Spice, produced by Company General Post Office Film Unit, John Grierson and photography by George Noble

General Post Office with Entrance to Queens House and Clock Tower in Distance, c1890, (1910). From The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon. [Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, 1910]

To Sit There And Carry On as though nothing was happening outside was not easy, 1941 (1942)

In the Post Office Central Telephone Exchange, City of London, c1903 (1903)
Receiving calls in the Post Office Central Telephone Exchange, City of London, c1903 (1903). The Faraday Building was the General Post Offices first telephone exchange in London

Calcutta - General Post-Office, c1900. The General Post Office, Kolkata, the central post office of the city of Kolkata and the chief post office of West Bengal. [Art Union, Calcutta, c1900]

General Post Office, City of London, c1910 (1911). Britains first purpose-built mail facility located in St Martins le Grand

General Post Office and Nelsons Pillar, c1910. [J. Lizars, Glasgow, c1910]

General Post Office, Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c1924. Designed by James Barnet, Sydneys General Post Office was built between 1866 and 1891

New Post Office, St Martins le Grand, City of London, 19th century. The building was built by Robert Smirke in 1829

Stamping and sorting office, General Post Office, London, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, 13th February 1875

The Royal Mails starting from the General Post Office, London, 1830 (1927). Plate taken from Famous Sporting Prints IV: Coaching, published by The Studio Limited (London, 1927)

General Post Office. Letter Carriers Room arranged for dispatch of Newspapers, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

General Post Office. Inland Office, c1841. Artist: Thomas H Ellis
General Post Office. Inland Office, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

General Post Office, London, 19th century. Artist: J Woods
General Post Office, London, 19th century. View down Saint Martin s-le-Grand, with St Pauls Cathedral in the distance

General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, 1808. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, 1808. This shows the scene in a busy letter sorting office

Opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. The first London to Paris telephone conversation at the General Post Office, London. Bell instruments were used at the London end

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