Royal mail

This is some thing which was very common how ever I dont see many about so I wanted to capture it. Pictured here in Morecambe in the autumn it stands proudly on the corner of the street.

DETECTIVES are probing a series of bizarre post box thefts across the county.

Each British post box features the Royal Cypher (monogram) of the monarch reigning at the time of its manufacture, from Victoria's 'VR' to the current Queen's 'EIIR'. Edward VIII was no exception, even though his reign lasted a mere eleven months in 1936 before his abdication to scandalously marry a divorcée. During that time, ~270 postboxes were manufactured, of which 161 were pillar boxes like this. The precise number of survivors still in use is unverified, ranging from ~115 to 130 of the…

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Unusual sight seen in Erdington, Selly Oak, Weoley Castle and Jewellery Quarter

We have both kinds of box - phone and letter. Outside the now boarded up 'Post Man's Office' Devonshire Road London SE23.

One of Dartmoor's most remote letterboxes at Hayford Hall near Scoriton. This is a GVIR lamp box being used as a wall box.

1952 Wilding Definitive 8d stamp

The Post Office Magazine was published for staff and the general public alike, between 1934 and 1966. From remote regions to the industrial heartland of the country, it showed the General Post Office (GPO) doing what it did best – serving the nation in times of need and in times of leisure; through new and expanding services such as Air Mail, to the more traditional services provided by cheerful, efficient, and ever-present postmen. Boasting a monthly circulation of 180,000 by November 1938…

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