Skip to main content

Land, air & sea

From horse-drawn coaches to airmail, explore stories from our collections about methods used to transport the mail.

Mail coaches

A whistlestop tour through the curious and dangerous history of British mail coaches.
The story of Mail Rail

Mail Rail transported mail under the streets of London from 1927 to 2003.
Mail by Sea

Find out how the mail has been carried by sailing boats, steam ships, ocean liners, rowing boats and briefly even by hovercraft.
Airmail

From the first scheduled airmail service in 1911 to the present day.

Research

You can search collection records in the online catalogue and study material from our archives by visiting The Discovery Room.

Access and enquiries

Search our catalogue

Visit The Discovery Room