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24-JUL-2008

I Bet your thinking Red

An old English Post box, normally in red this one is from the reign of King George and is in a very rare Green.

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Mairéad25-Feb-2009 00:07
Ours are all green!
Laryl13-Feb-2009 22:33
yes I'd think red.. never saw a green one!
Russ Rose13-Feb-2009 05:17
enjoyed all of the images here. enjoyed learning about the post boxes.
cits_4_pets13-Feb-2009 04:52
Bet the dogs love the 1st red mailbox! (sorry couldn't resist :-)) ) Great finds, love mailboxes. USA has lots of variety:http://www.pbase.com/cits_4_pets/mail_boxes
carol j. phipps13-Feb-2009 00:52
Nice series!
Phillip Normanton13-Feb-2009 00:11
Berry good ;-)
Kevin Chester12-Feb-2009 23:17
Thanks for all your comments on this one. Its been an education about the colours of the worlds Post boxes. The power of the Web, amazing. :-)
Linda Willets12-Feb-2009 21:41
Thanks for sharing.. ours are blue .. not as colorful
Máire Uí Mhaicín12-Feb-2009 20:35
LOL! Over here all the red postboxes ended up green when we became a republic. Seehttp://www.pbase.com/maire/image/88013131
Nancy Good12-Feb-2009 20:09
Fun ... you sure hooked us in and led us to the RED! :-)
J. Scott Coile12-Feb-2009 18:45
I guess if you want to be seen ;-)
Walter Otto Koenig12-Feb-2009 16:17
I lived in Britain for some time and never saw a green one.
Maaike Huizer12-Feb-2009 14:18
HaHa. Great! very original.
Sheila12-Feb-2009 13:56
What a fantastic find. I love those old letter boxes.
This one is surrounded by red berries.
Barbara Heide12-Feb-2009 12:00
lol! nice history!
j>a>e>17 :):):)12-Feb-2009 09:39
you remind me of my travels innn YOUr neck of the woods :):):) i sooo remember the red mailboxes :):):) jess, ben, & pat ROCK with their gleeeFULLL colorzzz :):):)
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