StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Royal Mail

Red "Pillar Box" in the Market Place at Whitehaven. The cast monogram is George VI who reigned between December 1936 and his death in February 1952. Note Also the cast "Post Office" who dealt with the Royal Mails until the idiotic partial privatisation in 2013, the government sold off the remaining 30% stake in 2015, which ended 499 years of public ownership.

TPO letter sorting racks [the steps are for youngsters, like the group that have just left] . TPO was a Travelling Post Office, used by the Royal Mail staff to sort letters and small packets whilst in transit between major towns and cities. Included picking up and setting down mail bags when on the move. See also the short film "Night Mail" and the eponymous W.H.Auden poem ...

Wall-mounted GR postbox (Grosmont, North Yorkshire). The monogram is George Vth so this box dates between 1910 and 1936. . Taken with flash as it was after dark, so the plate has over-exposed.

Edward VII wall-mounted post box in Pitlochry (dates of his reign are 1901 to 1910)