Parcel Collection (page 6)

Father Christmas on a Victorian scrap
Father Christmas with tree and presents on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Father Christmas and girl on a Victorian scrap
Father Christmas and a little girl on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Industrial Revolution. Enclousure. Process that ended the ancient system of arable farming in open fields. It changed into fenced land entitled for one or more owners

Around Fier. Rural scenary. Republic of Albania
Rural scenery around the ruins of Apollonia. Fier. Republic of Albania

Little Folk Misfitz - Daffy Dawn Dilly. circa 1910

Christmas card with dogs and fireplace
Handmade Christmas card with dogs and fireplace, and a string to pull to make Santa Claus appear. (2 of 2) circa 1890s

Addressing a Parcel
If you have occasion to write an address on a parcel, it will prove much easier and less prone to error if it is written in pencil first. Date: 1940s

Gpo Parcel Sorting
The General Post Office, London : sorting parcels at Mount Pleasant Date: 1939

Delivery man on a Christmas card, holding a large basket upside down and spilling the contents, including a goose, a bottle of wine and several apples. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, the Christmas parcel, WW1
Cartoon, the Christmas parcel. A woman writes a note to go with her Christmas parcel to her husband, away fighting at the Front

The Strand Magazine - Christmas Crackers
Two pages from The Strand, part of an article about the manufacture of Christmas Crackers at Messrs Tom Smith and Co, of Wilson Street, Finsbury, London

Girl with an Xmas parcel. Merry Christmas. Girl in red in snowy Xmas scene with a large parcel, surrounded by rabbits. Artist: Agnes Richardson Date: circa 1917

Scouts landing food, Argostolion, Kefalonia, Greece
Scouts landing food at Argostolion, Kefalonia, Greece. Four earthquakes hit the island in August 1953, destroying many buildings; the scouts helped with clearing up and humanitarian aid activities

Daddys Christmas Dinner by Samuel Begg, WW1
Illustration for the ILN 1916 Christmas number showing a mother and her children packing a special parcel to be sent to her husband at the front

Comforts for the Royal Flying Corps, WW1
Ladies forming an aid committee, headed by Lady Henderson, the wife of the Commander of the Royal Flying Corps, packing comforts for flying men

Distribution of cigarettes at the front, WW1
A battery commander distributing the contents of a parcel of cigarettes amongst his men at the Front at Christmas time. According to The Sphere

Knitting humour, WW1
The Sentimentalist (who has received socks from England). " She loves me; she loves me not. A British soldier, on receiving a pair of badly made socks from a sweetheart in England proceeds to

Scouts with Coronation programmes
Two Scouts with supplies of Coronation programmes and collection tins at the time of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953

Parcel Packing for Queen Alexandras Field Force Fund, WW1
The Duchess of Portland pictured doing her bit for the war effort by helping to pack parcels for Queen Alexandras Field Force Fund, ready to be sent to the front. Date: 1915

Children making mail bags for sending parcels to the front
Farnborough children making mail-bags for sending Christmas presents to the men in the trenches during the First World War. Date: 1915

Bellboy in silhouette
A bellboy in uniform carrying a small parcel, pictured in silhouette. Date: 1926

Parcel Three Diverse Prints Edo period 1615-1868
Artokoloro

Present with tree pattern wrapping paper and pink bow at the top

Illustration of chopped vegetables on foil and vegetables wrapped in foil parcel

Black and white illustration of wrapping fish in baking parchment parcel

Illustration of people in post office

CHICAGO: POST OFFICE, 1929. Postal workers processing packages during the Christmas rush at a post office on Van Buren Street in Chicago, Illinois, 18 December 1929

A Sailor waits to move mail below decks
Arabian Gulf, April 4, 2011 - A Sailor waits to move mail below decks after it was received via carrier onboard delivery aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)

Source Size = 3851 x 2263
Section of Disc in the Engine House; Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance

Source Size = 3787 x 2124
Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance: the Mouth of the Tube, and Carriage

Source Size = 3861 x 1248
The Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance: the Despatch Tube at Battersea

The Tease
BAL59364 The Tease by Hannah, Robert (1812-1909); Haynes Fine Art at the Bindery Galleries, Broadway; English, out of copyright

The Gascon in London, or English Civility, 1806 (colour litho)
XIR778867 The Gascon in London, or English Civility, 1806 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

A Christmas Box, 1836 (litho)
XJF391502 A Christmas Box, 1836 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Interior of the Paris post office during the first week of January, the postmen room
XIR252958 Interior of the Paris post office during the first week of January, the postmen room, engraved by Fortune Louis Meaulle (1844-1901) (litho) (b/w photo) by Vierge

Still Life with Packets of Tobacco (oil on canvas)
XIR180066 Still Life with Packets of Tobacco (oil on canvas) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: nature morte aux paquets de tabac; ); French, out of copyright

A Jewish Shopkeeper With Two Clients (w / c on paper)
XIR192857 A Jewish Shopkeeper With Two Clients (w/c on paper) by Grevenbroeck, Jan van (1731-1807); Museo Correr, Venice, Italy; (add.info.: Commercant Juif Ecrivant Face a Deux Clients; ); Dutch

High Point, North Carolina - Housing. Homes of skilled furniture workers in Tomlinson Chair Mfg. Company, High Point, North Carolina

NEW YORK: DELIVERY TRUCKS. Last Delivery of Christmas Goods from a Metropolitan Retail Store. Engraving, American, 1890

Christmas gifts

Presents are attached to balloons in the air, 3D rendering, illustration

Sending a new pipe and a heart of love to the front
France, WW1 - A pretty girl sends her beau a new pipe and a heart of love to the front, where her brave man is fighting. Date: circa 1916

Japan - Japanese woman carrying bunch of daikon and package
Japan - Japanese woman carrying bunch of daikon and a package wrapped in brown paper. Daikon (white radish), is a traditional Japanese staple vegetable used for takuan or bettarazuke dishes

Henry Fawcett (1833-1884), English politician and economist, born in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Postmaster-general (1880-1884), he introduced the parcel post in 1882

Fish fillet parcel with tomato sauce

Pastry parcel stuffed with salmon and spinach on a blue plate

Chee pow kai, Malaysian deep-fried, paper-wrapped chicken in earthenware bowl, and on a tile

Using thumbs to seal wonton parcel

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping

"Delivering smiles and surprises, one parcel at a time. 📦✨" Step back in time with the Penny Farthing Post, where postmen on Pennyfarthings brought parcels to your doorstep. Even the Taiwanese snowman couldn't resist receiving a special package from afar. Traveling through history, we stumble upon the Great Western Railway Horse Drawn Delivery Van, c1910 - a true symbol of efficient parcel transportation. During WW1, Wrights Coal Tar Soap advertisement reminded us that even amidst chaos, cleanliness was essential - and what better way than with a conveniently delivered parcel? The Music Hall Song about parcels had everyone tapping their feet and dreaming of exciting deliveries. Watch out for the cheerful postman with his trusty parcel in hand - he's always ready to bring joy to your doorsteps. In France during Christmas 1913, a French parcel delivery man made sure no gift went undelivered. The spirit of giving was alive and well. Pedaling through busy streets on their Parcel Delivery Tricycle, these dedicated couriers ensured timely deliveries all around town. Addressing a Parcel may seem like an ordinary task but it holds endless possibilities for surprise and delight once it reaches its destination. A heartfelt postcard from WW1 reminds us of Le Paquet de L'Orphelin's benefits - providing comfort to those affected by war through carefully curated parcels. Stepping into the Victorian period Post Office Parcel Sorting Room takes us back in time when meticulous organization ensured every package found its rightful place.