More Postboxes Through Six Reigns (English Edition)

MORE POSTBOXES THROUGH SIX REIGNS is best viewed in colour because it features all new illustrations of the varying types of post box―PILLAR BOX, WALL BOX, LUDLOW BOX and LAMP BOX―through all six reigns from Queen Victoria to the present day. A short history of the postbox is followed by details of the four types. There is then a section devoted to each monarch, giving―where possible―an example of each of the four types for every reign. Of interest too are the gold postboxes celebrating 2012 Olympians, the wooden box in Lyme Regis which Jane Austen may have used in 1804 to send her sister a letter, the wall box installed at the request of Charles Dickens at Higham, near Rochester (recently refurbished and reinstated by the Post Office); and a most unusual wooden box in the council offices in Winchester. Profusely illustrated in colour with examples from nine counties in the south of England (plus London), together with rare Edward VIII examples and the unique Edward VIII wall box in Suffolk. Recommended as a comprehensive introduction to these distinctive examples of street furniture which have been a part of British life for over a century and a half.