Postman Collection

Postman, c.1860. Creator: Spitzweg, Carl (1808-1885)
Postman, c.1860. Private Collection

New uniform for the letter-carriers, mail-guards, and drivers, in the employ of the... 1860. Creator: Unknown
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

Sketches in India - Slinging Letter-bags across a Nullah in the Rainy Season, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in India - Slinging Letter-bags across a Nullah in the Rainy Season, 1858....the contrivance in use...when the streams

Sketches in India - the Catamaran Postman, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in India - the Catamaran Postman, 1858. Having..."shinned" up the side [of the ship] via the chains, on to the deck

"The Village Smithy", by Lewis, in the Crystal Palace Picture Gallery, 1860. Creator: Morgan
"The Village Smithy", by Lewis, in the Crystal Palace Picture Gallery, 1860. This is just of the class of subject in which Mr

Delivering Letters in the Australian Bush, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Delivering Letters in the Australian Bush, 1911. From "The Book of the Coronation". [Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, 1911]

Curtiss Airplane Tests And Demonstrations; Twin Engine Biplane, Potomac Park, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Curtiss Airplane Tests And Demonstrations; Twin Engine Biplane, Potomac Park, 1916

A Young Girl Asks the Mailman to Deliver a Letter, 1858. Creator: Christen Dalsgaard
En ung pige beder landsbyens gamle postbud besorge et brev;A Young Girl Asks the Mailman to Deliver a Letter, 1858

Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914
Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914

Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914
Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914

Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914
Post Office Department - Parcel Post, 1914

Poster by Record Section, Suburban Resettlement Administration, 1935-12. Creator: Arthur Rothstein
Poster by Record Section, Suburban Resettlement Administration, 1935-12

Post office Department - Motor Cycle Postman, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post office Department - Motor Cycle Postman, 1912. [USA]

The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--The Marabastad Post Arrives, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--The Marabastad Post Arrives, 1890

2c Post Rider and Horse G Grill single, 1869. Creator: National Bank Note Company
2c Post Rider and Horse G Grill single, 1869. Unused; perf 12

A heroic act, 1914. Creator: Unknown
A heroic act, 1914. La Tournee Heroique. A postman saves a traveller lost in the snows of the Alps. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Supplement Illustre". [France, 18 January 1914]

Post delivered by camel, Arabia, c1928. Creator: Unknown
Post delivered by camel, Arabia, c1928. Arab man riding a camel, delivering messages in the desert. From " Die Welt in Bildern", (The World in Pictures), cigarette card album, c1928

The Quick Postman, (1886)
The Quick Postman, 1886. Man caught in a spiders web. From The Magazine of Art. [Cassell & Company, London, 1886]

A postman, 1855. Artist: Day & Son
A postman, 1855. Pictured with a bag of mail, looking at a letter

Post Office Centre-Cycles, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

The ships postman coming on board, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
The ships postman coming on board, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 27th October 1896

Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright, poet and essayist, 1915. A member of the Symbolist movement, Maeterlinck (1862-1949) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1911

A mail caravan crossing the Icelandic plains, Iceland, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Delivering a letter, 19th century

A postman, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Les Facteur Roulin, 1888. Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Les Facteur Roulin, 1888. From Van Gogh Paintings, introduction by Graham Reynolds. [Lindsay Drummond, Ltd & Les Editions du Chene, London & Paris, 1947]

Types of postmen from 1800-1870, (1900). Men in various postmens uniforms, from different parts of the world

The Elephant as postman, c1900. Elephant delivering letters in India. French advertisement for Liebigs extract of meat

Letter Carrier, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Letter Carrier, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. From the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Postmans Knock c1855. A postman in General Post Office uniform knocking on a front door. From the cover of a song with music by Stephen Glover

Paying for letter delivery, c1870 Artist: Oskar Pletsch
Paying for letter delivery, c1870. A postman waits while a young man delves in his pocket for money to pay for his letter

There is the Postmans knock!, 1867. A postman in Royal Mail uniform knocking at a front door. Illustration from a childrens book. (London, 1867)

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