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Morse key with send-receive switch, 1900-1920

1900-1920

706L telephone, 1959-1967

1959-1967

Double-current telegraph key, 1830-1900

1830-1900

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Ratchet and tongs for tensioning telegraph and telephone wire, 1900-1969

1900-1969

Pole climbing irons, 1900-1960

1900-1960

Table telephone No. 2, 1906-1959

1906-1959

Card of Authority to use portable receiver, 1922

1922

200 series dial telephone, 1925-1935

1925-1935

‘School telephone’ in polished wood case, 1921-1940

1921-1940

Experimental Form 1 (Licence to use Wireless Telegraph), 1905

1905

Standard Morse key, 1880-1950

1880-1950

Baudot five key keyboard, 1897-1926

1897-1926

Double-sided dummy single-needle telegraph used for training operators, 1870-1930

1870-1930

Telephone handset model SA 4271 made by the General Post Office

1960-1980

Telephone handset model 6171/02192/002

1960-1980

Collection of Post Office Telegram equipment and archive material

circa 1970

London-Birmingham co-axial cable specimens, 1935-1936

1935-1936

Fullerphone, P.O. pattern 237A, 1916-1918

1916-1918

specimen ratchet and tongs for 100-200 pound wire, 1900-1969

1900-1969

General Post Office Telephone Earpiece

1915-1920

GPO 740 series telephone as used by the BBC

1968

post office underground mail train - london

1935

post office railway booklet

General Post Office Type B landline telegraph relay capable of regeneration

1880-1920

Wall telephone No. 3, 1880-1910

1880-1910

Ken Hooper Retirement Gift, Rugby Radio Station

1977

Travel Early, Shop Early, Post Early, for Christmas

Post Office telephone kiosk No. 6, 1936-1968

1936-1968

specimen ratchet and tongs for 40-70 pound wire, 1900-1969

1900-1969
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
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
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

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
Grapnel from three specimens ratchet and tongs, made by the General Post Office, British, 1900-1969.

grapnel from specimen ratchet and tongs, 1900-1969

1900-1969
Bracing sheets, possibly 2, with associated tie rods, bolts and fittings for attaching the bracing sheets to the H-poles. For two H telephone poles, made by the General Post Office, British, c. 1898.

Bracing sheets with associated fittings for telephone H poles, c. 1898

1895-1900
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
Poster, GPO, London Chief Post Office, Golden, c1950. Shows a busy office where people are dropping off parcels.

London Chief Post Office

1950
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
Circular, General Post Office, No.749 'Telegrams New Code Book', Monday July 22 1889.

Telegrams New Code Book

1889
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
Diagram:- Putting the quartz clock right

Diagram of putting quartz clock right

1947
Diagram:- Radio time signals from quartz clock

Diagram of radio time signals from quartz clock

1947
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
[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
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