tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post6940825911536918696..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Postbox incognitoCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-24063456600945452042010-09-22T15:27:41.896+01:002010-09-22T15:27:41.896+01:00Hels, I think in testing the aperture was probably...Hels, I think in testing the aperture was probably fine: it was only in real-life situations like posting a handful of letters one-handed in the wind that the problems became obvious! Similar issues with other models, such as rain getting in through badly-placed apertures, also seem to have emerged only once the box was actually on the pavement. <br /><br />Minnie, it's interesting that Dublin have kept their royal insignia. Presumably thriftiness won over other sensitivities! In Scotland, postboxes don't say ERII (although they do have the crown) because she is of course the first Queen Elizabeth of Scotland.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-53030521269303137982010-09-22T01:20:18.790+01:002010-09-22T01:20:18.790+01:00You find the most amazing pieces of postalia .. I ...You find the most amazing pieces of postalia .. I love it.<br /><br />When a stamp has a flaw, it becomes highly collectable and therefore more valuable. Watch out for future generations of letter box collectors - they will love the 1883-7 anonymous boxes :)<br /><br />The high aperture was something else altogether. That error should have been picked up as soon as the model was tested, before it was installed in cities and towns.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-59221461476493194972010-09-21T17:29:03.004+01:002010-09-21T17:29:03.004+01:00Anonymous letter boxes? Never knew - or, rather, n...Anonymous letter boxes? Never knew - or, rather, never noticed! Thank you for yet more eye-opening info. <br />In Dublin, they kept the existing letter boxes post 1922 - crowns/royal insignia and all. The govt simply had them painted a peculiarly hideous shade of sage green. And so they are to this day.Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com