Chas's Pictorial Blog: Postbox of the day - Main Post Office in Derby
England and Ireland – they’re different. As a child I’d always grasp this when I looked around a street in Dublin or London and saw a postbox. Irish postboxes are green and in England (and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) they’re red. To the Irish eye, this English red can seem brash, a show of […]
Bélgica
A brief history of London's post boxes and how you can tell their age, including when you can expect to see King Charles III's cypher on them.
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NW 2 Mailbox is an in front / out front, that is popular in projects where a mailbox is required that features a minimalistic design finish.
Chas's Pictorial Blog: Postcard of the Day - Kilnsey, Wharfedale
Britain got her first post boxes during the 1850s. Apart from a short period when we posted mail in 'anonymous' post boxes, so called as they did not carry a royal cipher, (sometimes spelled cypher), the Post Office quickly settled on using the cipher of the reigning monarch on all letter boxes. Below left is…
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Gold Post Box Bagnall by The Stafford Arms Staffordshire Moorlands (1)
EiiR Type B (Small) box with 8-inch aperture made by Carron from 1952 to 1957 and EiiR Type A (Large) with 10-inch aperture made by Hillsyde or Machan from 1991 onwards. Photographed in, Buckinghamshire. Photo Ref: 006.
Magical Mystery Tour... Liverpool Mr C and I like going on days out and finding things... this usually involves post boxes but could just include visiting a historic venue or two or just wandering around one of our amazing cities or towns in the UK. Our latest Magical Mystery Tour was to Liverpool in search…
George 6th Eastbourne
Duplex Post Box In Ambleside Cumbria England UK, September 2018.
EiiR Type C Oval with end doors, made by McDowall Steven 1952 - 57, photographed in York in July 2022. Photo No. 206
