Images from our collection showing Post Office and Royal Mail uniforms from the 19th Century onwards.

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19th Century

London letter carrier, c. 1818

London Postman, 1830

Postman on a musical score, 1853

A letter carrier, 30 June 1855

Postman's Knock song sheet, c.1860

The Postman's Knock - retouched

The new uniforms, 29 December 1860

Mail coach guard’s frockcoat, 1861

Postman in uniform, c.1868

Military style tunic, 1868

Twopenny postage letter carrier, 1890

Double peaked shako, c. 1896

20th Century

Cartoon image of postman, c.1907

Single peaked shako, c.1910

Single peaked shako, c.1910

Postman's coat, c. 1910-1911

Tunic style coat, c. 1911

Double peaked shako c.1930

Experimental straw shako c.1935

Women's Uniform

Postwoman c.1905

Postwoman, 1915

Slouch cap c.1940

New peaked cap 1941

New uniform 1941

Girl messenger’s jacket 1941