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Letterbox parade!

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:07:19 +0000

A line-up of private house letterboxes makes todays wall. It nice that the colours are in harmony I think. Seen in the centre of Piombino.

HWW, have a great day.

The pip shows one of our post boxes.

Wall box

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:06:37 +0000

Herb Riddle has posted:

Some weeks ago I posted a photo here of one of our Queen Elizabeth post boxes. After that I spotted some earlier ones whilst away from home near Downham. Here is one with the simple GR initials that mark it as a king George V (1910-36) type. The PiP taken the day before is a slightly different type but this time it is a George VI (1936-1952).
Since seeing these I have noticed quite a few GR VI boxes nearer to my home.

Enjoy full screen and have a great day.

The Last Post

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 08:21:18 +0000

Herb Riddle has posted:

A homage to our late Queen here. There are a lot of these E.R (Elizabeth Regina: Queen Elizabeth) post boxes around and even many with G.R (George Rex: King George) inscribed. I wonder how many C.R post-boxes will be produced and lovingly kept going like this one seen in Northern Ireland. In these days of email and multi-media messaging it would seem that the days pf post-boxes are numbered.

We have had royal post boxes since the reign of Queen Victoria and there are a quite a few people who still search for and collect real sightings of the rarer ones. Here is a list of post-box monarchs:

VR – Queen Victoria : 1837-1901
ER VII – King Edward VII : 1901-1910
GR – King George V : 1910-1936
ER VIII – King Edward VIII : Jan-Dec 1936
GR VI – King George VI : 1936-1952
EIIR – Queen Elizabeth II : 1952-2022
CIIIR – King Charles III : 2022-present.

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More info: memoirsofametrogirl.com/2019/07/21/london-post-boxes-royal-mail-history-queen-victoria-queen-elizabeth-ii