In a recent message "rodney" wrote:

100km east of Perth, West Australia
we have a red "VR" 1891 pillar box still in use.
(Image supplied by request)
Can anyone beat that?

Facsimiles not accepted.

There are several older ones here in the UK.

There is one of the hexagonal Penfold boxes in Buxton opposite the
Opera House, dating from the late 1860's, and near a friend's house
in Milford-on-Sea I have used one with a vertical letter slot - one
of the oldest in the country. dating from 1856-7.

See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/513783



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Tony Clayton
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