Post Office Telegram, Brighton to Birmingham, 14 June 1974: ‘Blow their minds see you soon’, printed by the General Post Office, Brighton, England, 1974 Post Office telegram, 1974 1974-06-14
Post Office Greetings Telegram, Cardiff to Cardiff, [no date stamp]: Heartiest congratulations God bless you both’, printed by the General Post Office, Cardiff, Wales, 1900-1980 Post Office telegram, 1900-1980 1953-1980
Post Office Telegram, Aberdeen to Glasgow, 17 August 1961: ‘Father is dead come’, printed by the General Post Office, Whitchurch, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1956 Post Office telegram, 1961 1961
Telephone H pole, poles shortened for display, with 8 arms, 50 insulators and 1 bracing strut. Made by the General Post Office, British, 1895-1900 Telephone H pole, poles shortened for display, 1895-1900 1895-1900
Diagram showing how the quartz clock is checked by the stars Diagram showing how the quartz clock checked by stars 1947
Timebills, three copies, for the dispatch of mail, issued by the General Post Office and the Highland Railway. Timebill for dispatch of mail
Poster, GPO, London Chief Post Office, Golden, c1950. Shows a busy office where people are dropping off parcels. London Chief Post Office 1950
Notice, General Post Office, "Notice to the Public and Instructions to All Post Masters", 1841. Notice to the Public and Instructions to All Post Masters 1841
Poster, GPO, A London Loading Platform, Golden, c1950. Shows a series of post office vans unloading at the London loading platform. A London Loading Platform circa 1950
Three specimens ratchet and tongs, one for 40-70 pound wire, two for 100-200 pound wire, made by the General Post Office, British, 1900-1969 three specimen ratchet and tongs for telephone wire, 1900-1969 1900-1969
First day cover: 'British Discovery', featuring television (Baird), penicillin (Fleming), radar (Watson-Watt) and the jet engine (Whittle). Envelope contains card bearing details of the stamps and the discoveries issued by the GPO, 1967 British Discovery 1967
[Poster] Mail Rail. The Post Office Undergroud Railway. 60 years speeding mail under London / Post Office. [ca.1987. Explains the 'unique solution to the problem of transporting large volumes of mail across a capital city'. Bears map, cutaway diagram etc.] Mail Rail. The Post Office Underground Railway 1982-1992
Post Office Telegraphs - diagrams of Telegraph Apparatus and Connections - G.P.O. 1881 Jun. [Chiefly comprises lithograph diagrams (44 leaves) with ms. diagrams and tipped-in ms. and copy diagrams added (18 leaves). The volume is MS 2052/1; /2 to /7 (11 items) are letters and other diagrams, all loose leaves found within the volume. It was sent by the GPO to James Graves, superintendent of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company at Valentia Island, co. Kerry, Ireland from 1865 to 1910. The tipped-in and loose items date from 1880 to 1902] Post Office Telegraphs - diagrams of Telegraph Apparatus and Connections - G.P.O. 1881 Jun. 1880-1902
Circular, General Post Office, No.749 'Telegrams New Code Book', Monday July 22 1889. Telegrams New Code Book 1889
Poster, GPO, Euston Station, Loading The Travelling Post Office, c1950. Shows a train at platform two with a line of post office vans on the platform with men unloading the post. Format: royal. Dimensions: 20 x 25 inches. Euston Station. 1945-1955
Post Office Telegram, Whitchurch to Cardiff, 29 September 1956: ‘Expect to see you at rehearsal Monday with cake’, printed by the General Post Office, Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales, 1956 Post Office telegram, 1956 1956
Telephone H pole, fitted with two short arms. Made by the General Post Office, British, 1895-1900 Telephone H pole, 1895-1900 1895-1900