@velobetty Wow, the two on the outsides are in great condition for going back to the reign of King George (I assume VI - but given the different fonts, maybe one of them is V and one VI). I wonder when this photo was taken.
@callisto there are still plenty of George V and VI postboxes in active service, and Victorian ones aren’t that rare (there’s one in the next village to us) although they’re usually built into walls rather than free-standing pillar boxes like these.
@callisto@velobetty that seems to be at least one area where Royal Mail has done a good job. They maintain part boxes quite well.
There's a GR cipher (1910-1936) one near where I work (the work building was built around 1920) and it is in great shape. It gets painted yearly, with it being stripped down before repainting every so often as well.
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