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20-629: The Bath Postal Museum was a postal museum in Bath, Somerset , England . The museum was founded in 1979 by Audrey and Harold Swindells in the basement of their house in Great Pulteney Street . In 1985, it moved to a home in Broad Street. This was the site of Bath's main Post Office from 1822 to 1854 and the building in which the first recorded posting of a Penny Black took place on 2 May 1840. It

40-516: Is different from Wikidata Incomplete lists from July 2016 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2010 Commons category link is on Wikidata Blue Penny Museum The museum collection includes the 1847 Blue Penny and Red Penny stamps. The stamps were bought in 1993 for $ 2,000,000 by a consortium of Mauritian enterprises headed by The Mauritius Commercial Bank and brought back to Mauritius after almost 150 years. For conservation,

60-456: Is one [of] the most famous museums that one can find in the city of Riyadh. [..] The museum and its exhibits are maintained by the Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephones. {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link ) ^ "전남박물관미술관협회" . www.jnmuseum.or.kr . Archived from the original on 2019-01-02. ^ "우정박물관 메인페이지 > 우정박물관" . November 17, 2015. Archived from

80-2608: Is situated near Newport ^ "Oakham Treasures" . www.oakhamtreasures.co.uk . ^ "Museum" . www.rpsl.org.uk . External links [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Postal museums . International Postal Museum – Online Museum of Philately – Online Postal Museum (London) v t e Mail and postal systems History Timeline of postal history African countries Asian countries European countries Oceanian countries Pan-American countries Postal censorship [REDACTED] Envelope for mailing Components Advertising mail Bulk mail Envelope Indicia Information-Based Indicia Letter box Mail Mail bag Meter stamp Parcel Parcel locker Post box / Mailbox Relay box Post office Post office box Postage meter Postage stamp Postal code Postal marking Variable value stamp Delivery Airmail Express Package delivery Registered Surface Surface Air Lifted (SAL) Staff Mail carrier Postal worker Postmaster Postmaster General Processing Intelligent Mail barcode Mail Isolation Control and Tracking Multiline Optical Character Reader Mail cover Mail sorting Package forwarding PLANET POSTNET Institutions and systems Postal entities Postal museums Postal services Postal systems by country Trade unions Related Courier Philately most expensive philatelic items Stamp collecting notable stamps catalogues Philatelic terminology List of entities that have issued postage stamps A–E F–L M–Z [REDACTED] Philately portal [REDACTED] Category [REDACTED] Commons Authority control databases : National [REDACTED] Czech Republic Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Postal_museum&oldid=1257014495 " Categories : Lists of museums by subject Types of museums Postal history Postal museums Hidden categories: CS1 Spanish-language sources (es) CS1 maint: unfit URL CS1 Thai-language sources (th) CS1 Arabic-language sources (ar) Articles with short description Short description

100-870: The Casa de Correos y Telegrafos in Lima , Peru National Postal and Philatelic Museum United States [ edit ] Florida Postal Museum Franklin Post Office Garnier Post Office Museum Leon Myers Stamp Center National Philatelic Museum (closed) National Postal Museum Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History The Museum of Postal History US Postal Museum Asia [ edit ] Bangladesh [ edit ] Philatelic Museum Bhutan [ edit ] Bhutan Postal Museum . China [ edit ] [REDACTED] Shanghai Postal Museum at

120-6074: The General Post Office Building in Shanghai , China China National Postal and Stamp Museum Shanghai Postal Museum Hong Kong [ edit ] The Postal Gallery India [ edit ] National Philatelic Museum Postal Museum (Kolkata) Postal Museum (Mysore) Sandesh Museum of Communication , Bangalore Indonesia [ edit ] Indonesian Stamp Museum Israel [ edit ] Alexander Museum of Postal History and Philately Japan [ edit ] Communications Museum of Japan – Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Postal Museum Japan Philatelic Culture Museum ( Arima, Kobe ) Philatelic Museum ( Mejiro, Tokyo ) Malaysia [ edit ] [REDACTED] The Malacca Stamp Museum in Malacca City , Malaysia Malacca Stamp Museum North Korea [ edit ] Korea Stamp Museum Pakistan [ edit ] Pakistan Postal Museum – Karachi Siddiqui Philatelic Museum, 22-J-Z Madina Town, Faisalabad Saudi Arabia [ edit ] The Postal Museum, Riyadh Singapore [ edit ] Singapore Philatelic Museum South Korea [ edit ] Damyang Stamp Museum Postal Museum, Cheonan , Chungcheongnam-do Korea Postage Stamp Museum  [ ko ] , Jung-gu, Seoul Sri Lanka [ edit ] Postal museum Taiwan [ edit ] [REDACTED] The Postal Museum in Taipei , Taiwan Chunghwa Postal Museum Thailand [ edit ] Sam Sen Nai Philatelic Museum , Phaya Thai District , Bangkok , Thailand Chiang Mai Philatelic Museum , Chiang Mai , Thailand United Arab Emirates [ edit ] Emirates Postal Museum Uzbekistan [ edit ] The Museum of Communication History in Uzbekistan Europe [ edit ] Andorra [ edit ] [REDACTED] Museu Postal d'Andorra in Andorra Museu Postal d'Andorra  [ ca ] Austria [ edit ] Historisches Postamt Küb  [ de ] Belgium [ edit ] Postal Museum of Belgium Croatia [ edit ] Croatian Postal and Telecommunications Service Museum , Jurisiceva 13, HR–10 001 Zagreb, Croatia Cyprus [ edit ] Cyprus Postal Museum Czech Republic [ edit ] Prague Postal Museum Denmark [ edit ] Danish Post & Tele Museum , Copenhagen Post and Telegraph History Museum, Århus Estonia [ edit ] ENM Postal Museum – [2] , Muuseumi tee 2, 60532 Tartu, Estonia Finland [ edit ] Postimuseo  [ fi ] France [ edit ] Musée de La Poste Germany [ edit ] [REDACTED] Museum für Kommunikation in Hamburg , Germany Iserlohner Museum für Handwerk und Postgeschichte  [ de ] Museum für Kommunikation Berlin  [ de ] Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt Museum für Kommunikation Hamburg Museum of Communication, Nuremberg, Germany Philatelic Archive in Bonn Postmuseum Rheinhessen  [ de ] Greece [ edit ] Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece Hungary [ edit ] Postal Museum of Hungary Ireland [ edit ] An Post Museum (closed) Italy [ edit ] [REDACTED] The Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Central Europe in Trieste , Italy Museo internazionale dell'immagine postale  [ it ] Museo storico della comunicazione  [ it ] Museum of Tasso family and Postal History , Camerata Cornello ( Bergamo ) Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Central Europe  [ it ] Liechtenstein [ edit ] Postal Museum Luxembourg [ edit ] PostMusée  [ de ] Malta [ edit ] [REDACTED] The Malta Postal Museum in Valletta , Malta Malta Postal Museum Monaco [ edit ] Museum of Stamps and Coins Netherlands [ edit ] Museum voor Communicatie  [ nl ] Poland [ edit ] Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji we Wrocławiu  [ pl ] Russia [ edit ] [REDACTED] A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications in Saint Petersburg , Russia A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications San Marino [ edit ] Museo del Francobollo e della Moneta Slovenia [ edit ] Museum of Post and Telecommunications Spain [ edit ] Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Spain La Virreina Centro de la Imagen Sweden [ edit ] Postmuseum  [ sv ] Switzerland [ edit ] Museum of Communication Bern Turkey [ edit ] Istanbul Postal Museum PTT Postage Stamp Museum Ukraine [ edit ] Lviv Postal Museum Post Station in Nizhyn United Kingdom [ edit ] Bath Postal Museum British Library Philatelic Collections Colne Valley Postal Museum Isle of Wight Postal Museum Oakham Treasures, Gordano, Avon housing

140-1666: The postal service . A subcategory of postal museums are philatelic museums , which focus on philately and postage stamps . List of postal and philatelic museums [ edit ] [REDACTED] This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( July 2016 ) Africa [ edit ] Egypt [ edit ] The Post Museum Ethiopia [ edit ] Ethiopian National Postal Museum Kenya [ edit ] German Post Office Museum [1] Mauritius [ edit ] [REDACTED] The Blue Penny Museum in Port Louis , Mauritius Blue Penny Museum Mauritius Postal Museum Morocco [ edit ] Postal Museum South Africa [ edit ] South African Post Office Museum Americas [ edit ] Brazil [ edit ] Museu Tempostal  [ it ] Philatelic and Numismatic Brazilian Museum Canada [ edit ] [REDACTED] First Toronto Post Office in Toronto , Canada Canadian Postal Museum (closed) First Toronto Post Office Costa Rica [ edit ] Museo Filatélico de Costa Rica Cuba [ edit ] Cuban Postal Museum Curaçao [ edit ] Postal Museum Curaçao Guatemala [ edit ] Guatemalan Postal & Philatelic Museum Mexico [ edit ] Philatelic Museum of Oaxaca – Mexico Peru [ edit ] [REDACTED] National Postal and Philatelic Museum at

160-492: The Malta Postal Museum" . MaltaPost . 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. ^ "Maltapost launches the Malta Postal Museum" . Times of Malta . 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. ^ "Musei di stato" . ^ "Colne Valley Postal History Museum" . privately owned Postal History Museum in the heart of East Anglia [..] The museum houses

180-451: The former collection held at Inkpen Postal Museum The Museum of Philatelic History at The Royal Philatelic Society London The Postal Museum , London See also [ edit ] Mail References [ edit ] ^ "The Postal Museum" . State Information Services . Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. ^ "National Postal Museum" . Ethiopian Museums Support Association . Archived from

200-502: The 💕 Type of museum focused on the history of postal services [REDACTED] The National Postal Museum at Postal Square Building in Washington, D.C. , United States [REDACTED] The Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History at Regis College in Weston , Massachusetts , US A postal museum is a museum dedicated to the display of objects relating to

220-499: The original on 16 April 2016. ^ "Museo postal y filatelico" . November 12, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. ^ "MUFI" (in Spanish). Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca. 2019 . Retrieved 23 January 2023 . ^ "About" . The Museum of Postal History, Inc . Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. ^ "Post Office and US Postal Museum" . Marshallmich.com . Archived from

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240-619: The original on 16 July 2016. ^ "Bhutan Postal Museum Entry Fees" . Bhutan Department of Tourism. 2023 . Retrieved 23 January 2023 . ^ "中国邮政邮票博物馆" . May 26, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-26. ^ "Postal Museum" . mysore.ind.in . Retrieved 5 February 2018 . ^ "A 200-year-old heritage building in Bengaluru houses museum showcasing India's postal history" . Firstpost . 2022-10-09 . Retrieved 2023-05-02 . ^ "Indonesian Stamp Museum" . July 21, 2011. Archived from

260-455: The original on 2011-07-21. ^ "About Postal Museum Japan" . Postal Museum Japan . Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. ^ "Arima Philatelic Museum / Kobe, Kita-ku Arima-cho - 有馬切手文化博物館" . www.kitte-museum-arima.jp . ^ "English" . 切手の博物館 . ^ "Postal Museum" . AsiaRooms . TUI Travel PLC . Archived from the original on 2012-03-13 . Retrieved 2008-09-25 . The Postal Museum

280-546: The original on 2015-11-17. ^ "Chiang Mai Philatelic Museum" . thailandtourismdirectory.go.th (in Thai) . Retrieved 2019-05-29 . ^ "دار الطوابع" . Emirates Postal Museum (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. ^ "HPT muzej - Početna stranica" . February 22, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. ^ "The Postal Museum" . Česká pošta . Archived from

300-539: The original on 25 June 2016. ^ "Lamu-German Post Office Historic Background" . National Museums of Kenya . Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. ^ "Postal Museum – Philately and Communication" . morocco.com . Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. ^ "Museum" . South African Post Office . Retrieved 16 July 2016 . ^ "Cuban Postal Museum: unique in Latin America" . webhavana.com . Archived from

320-776: The original on 31 July 2008. ^ "Post & Tele Museum - the museum" . ptt-museum.dk . Retrieved 2010-10-11 . The Post & Tele Museum is Denmark's national museum of post and telecommunications. The museum is a foundation set up in 1996 by TDC A/S and Post Danmark A/S and was previously called Dansk Post og Telegrafmuseum (The Danish Post and Telegraph Museum) ^ Nørby, Toke. "The Postal Museum in Århus, Denmark" . Retrieved 2008-09-25 . in Kannikegade 16, st. th., DK-8000 Århus C [..] This old post office belongs to "De Post- og Telegrafhistoriske Samlinger i Aarhus" ^ "Descrizione" . www.museodeitasso.com . ^ "MaltaPost launches

340-456: The originals are illuminated only temporarily. Most of the time only copies are to be seen. The museum, founded by The Mauritius Commercial Bank, also houses the original statue of Paul and Virginia , created in 1881 by Prosper d'Épinay . 20°09′39″S 57°29′51″E  /  20.1609°S 57.4975°E  / -20.1609; 57.4975 This article related to a museum in Africa

360-501: The second-largest private collection of Post Boxes in the UK [..] there is no general public access other than by prior arrangement ^ "The Museum Site" . Isle of Wight Postal Museum/A&K Reeder. Archived from the original on 2008-07-08 . Retrieved 2008-09-25 . probably the largest private collection of post boxes and postal equipment in the United Kingdom [..] The Museum

380-457: Was also a replica Victorian post office . Due to vastly increased rent from 2003, the museum had to move out of the Broad Street building and on 7 November 2006 it reopened on a much smaller scale in the basement of the post office building at 27 Northgate Street. In September 2023, shortly after the death of its founder Audrey Swindells and 44 years of operation, the museum closed when its lease expired. Postal museum From Misplaced Pages,

400-650: Was designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building . The museum's collections included: biographies of key figures involved with the development of the Post Office and connected with Bath, such as Ralph Allen , John Palmer and Thomas Moore Musgrave ; a history of the post from 2000BC to the current day and a history of the British postbox . Artefacts on display included quills and ink wells, stamp boxes, post boxes, post horns , clay tablets , strip maps, model mail coaches , and letters and postcards. There

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