Sway: postbox wording detail
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Sway: postbox wording detail
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 12 Feb 2011
With the sun shining obliquely across the face of Image, it is a good time to look at the lettering embossed above the slot, with its rather flaky paint. The word POST OFFICE accompanying the E II R cipher on a postbox means that we can date it to the pre-1994 part of the Elizabeth II reign: from 1994, the words ROYAL MAIL were used instead.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.769937
Longitude
-1.605155