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Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 25, 2014 at 5:23pm

Or 'La Poste'...after all EDF etc are taking over the rest of the UK. Vive la Poste? Non!

Comment by Alan Brignull on February 25, 2014 at 5:07pm

Pillar boxes might never have CIIIR (or GVIIR) on, anyway. The privatised Royal Mail is allowed to call itself 'royal' for the rest of this reign but then, who knows? They might rename themselves … 'Britpost PLC' or something horrid.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 22, 2014 at 12:15pm

Thanks Alan -- we live & learn. Weren't some of the very old post boxes painted green at some time?

Prince Charles has sought my opinion on what name(s) he should choose as Sovereign. I suggested 'Ronadl McDonald', but he didn't seem too happy about that. Merrily yours, Mark I

Comment by Alan Brignull on February 22, 2014 at 7:29am

I don't think so, Val. There are plenty of 'VR' post boxes still around (though only one left in Wivenhoe) and Colchester even has one of the few 'E VIII R' pillar boxes. They didn't install many in 1936.  I hear that Charles might choose to use his middle name and be George VII, which is a pity as I rather like the idea of another Merry Monarch.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 22, 2014 at 5:05am

Welcome Jude! If you can't manage to steal a UK post box -- and they are very heavy -- you could always buy one.

(I have a Welsh friend who bought a traditional red UK phone box and moved it, at great expense and effort, to the south of France. It took 8 of us to move it into place. And when it was safely installed by the side of his pool I organised a Mail Art exhibition there.)

I guess lots of UK post boxes will come on the market when the Queen dies, as the name on them will have to be changed, and that will probably mean changing the whole post box to 'accomodate' King Charles;

Comment by jude worters on February 21, 2014 at 11:01pm

hi postal history lovers…have just joined this group through a shared love of postal ephemeral….looks like a good group…intrigued by the thievery of postal boxes n the UK….stealing one would surely be a mammoth task…will post some 1st day covers for your interest…..cheers

Comment by Alan Brignull on February 17, 2014 at 10:03pm

There may be no need for stickers, MomKat, but that doesn't stop us, does it? Unnecessary things are what makes life fun ;-)

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 16, 2014 at 11:18pm

Air Mail, Par Avion, ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ stickers...very nice collection, Alan!

Notice in the pic that the GREEK sticker is first on top left xxx

This one is on my envelopes:

They say at the HELLas Post Office that for outside-Greece mail there is no need to put stickers as all that mail goes air mail. However, I still use the blue and white envelopes with the "stamping" on it...

but it is getting difficult to find these envelopes, have to buy them in packets of 100 and if that one store closes...the end of MomKat's blue n' white might be soon :-(

Comment by Alan Brignull on February 16, 2014 at 11:02pm

On the other hand you can get one of these for a fraction of the price.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 15, 2014 at 5:02am

If you have a few million £, $ or € to spend on your stamp collection, look at this link from the BBC:

** Unique stamp 'to break record' **
A 19th Century postage stamp from British Guiana could fetch a world-record $20m when it goes on sale in New York, the auctioneers say.
a id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1392439209885_2792" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/world-us-canada-26189281" target="_blank" name="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1392439209885_2792">http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/world-us-canada-26189281 >

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