Postbox

Postbox from the reign of King Edward VII

This is one of the first four magnets which my colleague, Duangrat brought for me when she visited her sons in England more than ten years ago. It is the opening of my magnet collectibles.

The designs of the postboxes are often related to the cultures and historical backgrounds of the countries. They have their unique stories, shapes, colours, fonts, logo and etc.

Different countries have set different colour schemes for their postboxes. The postboxes in Great Britain are red in colour. In the western European countries like France, Germany and Spain the postboxes are in yellow colour. In the US, the postboxes are dark blues.

All postboxes in England bear the royal badges. Whenever there was a change of regime, so was the badge. No wonder, postboxes bearing royal badge of different regimes on the sides can be found easily everywhere in the streets of England. However, postboxes bearing the Victorian badges can rarely be found in London because most of them had already been destroyed when the German air force bombarded London during World War II. Today most of the postboxes in England are inscribed with the Royal Badge of the present Queen Elizabeth 2nd.