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Tuesday, 8 February 2011

Red And Regal

St Agatha & Hal-Bajjada (35)-1

I love these old post boxes which you can find here and there in many of our old village cores. This particular one is probably about 50 years old. When Malta still formed part of the British Empire the post boxes were inscribed with the Royal Cypher of the reigning monarch. This particular post box was manufactured during the reign of the current Queen Elizabeth. However there are post boxes which are inscribed with the cyphers of other monarchs. These post boxes are even older than the one in the picture. Once Malta gained its independence from Britain the new post boxes no longer carried the royal cypher. However, they are still painted red and are definitely hard to miss even on the greyest of days.

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14 comments:

  1. Kayni8 February 2011 at 22:57

    wow, that's an old one. our post boxes here are blue.

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  2. Victoria9 February 2011 at 00:20

    Super gorgeous...I love those...they are fabulous!! THanks for sharing this regal gem!!

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  3. Julie@beingRUBY9 February 2011 at 02:36

    ooh.. I was going to say.. that's and english post box.. the ER... we have them here too

    I didn't know that Malta had been part of the British Empire ... interesting..

    Have a lovely week.. keep warm!! and I'll try and keep cool.. although the extreme heat has abated now.. ciao xxx Julie

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  4. cieldequimper9 February 2011 at 08:32

    :-))Just like my London childhood!

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  5. Anonymous9 February 2011 at 10:32

    Very similar to the ones we have here in Australia... I'll post pics sometime- at least in my photoblog, if not the bloggie-blog :)

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  6. Gattina9 February 2011 at 14:54

    When I saw the picture I thought it looks very british !

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  7. Genie -- Paris and Beyond9 February 2011 at 16:46

    Oh my! I love red for starters and this is a fabulous mailbox. Please say that you have a full collection of mailbox photos from all over the island... You are probably the expert researcher in this. I can envision a collage of mailbox photos!

    Bises,
    G

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  8. Anonymous9 February 2011 at 16:55

    I think it will never stop to amaze me how certain dominators countries loved to put their symbols everywhere in countries dominated by them!!!

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  9. Luzia11 February 2011 at 00:10

    I love these old boxes, too!

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  10. Julie@beingRUBY13 February 2011 at 02:04

    Hi Loree
    Thanks for enjoying my nuttiness. Hope you are having a lovely weekend.. ciao xxx Julie

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  11. Julie@beingRUBY13 February 2011 at 02:05

    Hi Loree
    Thanks for enjoying my nuttiness. Hope you are having a lovely weekend.. ciao xxx Julie

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  12. Fernando Santos (Chana)13 February 2011 at 22:47

    Bela foto de linda caixa de correio...Espectacular....
    Cumprimentos

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  13. Suki14 February 2011 at 13:54

    I love this close up photo of the red post box.

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  14. CDS26 September 2012 at 01:12

    The postbox actually bears the name of Edward VII who died in 1910 after succeeding Victoria in 1901.

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