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Subject Post offices Level [40] File

1. 10370.cc.35, 9(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
10370.cc.35, 9(12)
Title:
The Post Office [Edinburgh]. Photographer: Wilson, George Washington
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Princes Street frontage of the Post Office.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item

2. Add Or 377

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 377
Title:
Spearman or post-runner
Scope & Content:
Spearman or post-runner.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 1603

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1603
Title:
Bombay Post Peon with satchel and letters; Bombay Police Peon with whip
Scope & Content:
(a) Bombay Post Peon with satchel and letters. Inscribed: ‘Bombay Post Peon.’ (b) Bombay Police Peon with whip. Inscribed: ‘Bombay Police Peon.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 2551

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2551
Title:
A Punjabi post-runner with a satchel of letters hanging from a spear over his shoulder.. Artist(s): Kapur Singh (fl.1866)
Scope & Content:
A Punjabi post-runner with a satchel of letters hanging from a spear over his shoulder. By Kapur Singh, an Amritsar artist. 15 October 1866. Inscribed by Augustus Honner on album page: ‘Kupoor Sing of Umritsar 15/10/66’; on mount: ‘A dak Runner or Postman - where there is no ‘mail cart’. The...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 Item

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2996

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2996
Title:
Coll 20/36 'Muscat: Proposal (by a Mr C. S. J. Collier) to institute a State Post Office in Muscat'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between Charles Saint John Collier and various offices and departments of the British and Indian governments, including the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the India Office, and the Treasury. The correspondence is regarding Collier's attempts to institute a State Post Off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1940-13 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/4114A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4114A
Title:
Coll 35/12 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office in Kuwait and its development, to sustain the growing oil industry in Kuwait. The file contains: Proposed transfer of the control of the Post Office from Iraq to the Government of India, 1925-29 Proposed abolition of the Iraq Post and Telegraph Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 Feb 1925-26 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (543 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/4114B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4114B
Title:
Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930
Scope & Content:
Printed volume containing details and rules of posting in Iraq. Key chapters in the volume cover: Inland post Foreign post Foreign parcel post Money orders Official post articles Railway post letters Telegraphs. There are some loose folios in an envelope, placed at the back of the volume. These...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1930-c 1939
Extent:
1 file (229 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/4115A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4115A
Title:
Coll 35/12(2) 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office and telephones; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme; Cable and Wireless Agreement with Shaikh of Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office and mail delivery in Kuwait. The file contains: Commercial agreement between ruler of Kuwait and Cable and Wireless Limited, 1941 Construction of wireless station at Kuwait, administered by Cable and Wireless Limited, 1941 Interruption of postal s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1941-15 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (360 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/4116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4116
Title:
Coll 35/13 'Persian Gulf: public wireless telegraph station at Sharjah'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the establishment of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah. The file contains agreements with the ruler of Sharjah for the establishment of an air station by Imperial Airways, and correspondence related to the opening of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah. The file is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1933-26 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/4117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4117
Title:
Coll 35/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: postal administration'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the postal service in Persia and in the Persian Gulf. The file contains: Review of postal service in Persia [Iran] and in the Persian Gulf, with complaints of inefficiencies since their transfer under Persian administration, 1923 Bushire - Shiraz mail service, 1923 Proposed ap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Jun 1923-13 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)