Happy, Happy Post!

So many postal details on this letter from John (the UK)! (Forget the pen cancellation).

Channel Islands Box Green (1852-3)

One of two surviving Channel Islands boxes installed in Guernsey. It was one of the first pillar boxes to be introduced in the UK as an experiment in the Channel Islands in 1852-3. Anthony Trollope, who at the time worked for the General Post Office oversaw this trial. The success of these boxes triggered the introduction of pillar boxes on the Mainland later in 1853.

 

The Illustrated London News. 

Oct. 24, 1874

The fifteenth quarterly meeting of the friends of the Post Office Orphan Home was held in the library of the Eastern Central Letter-Carriers' Office yesterday week. Mr. W. Powley, the treasurer, occupied the chair; when seven orphans (children of letter carriers) were taken charge of by the committee and placed out with foster parents until they arrive at the age of fifteen; and weekly allowances were granted to the mothers of three children until they arrive at the age of five years, when they will be taken charge of by the committee.

1857 1st Nat. Standard Wall Box (Tintagel, Cornwall)

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George V Type Wall Box

1980

Ballyroney, County Down, Northern Ireland

The illustration of this postcard is reproduced from a stamp designed by Terence Millington and issued by Royal Mail on 12 August 1997. Actually, I had got that stamp:

This was really...

So, thanks to the sender and...