| When you walk past your post box spare a thought for it's age! The oldest being shown here with a Queen Victoria emblem on (VR) this is in Norman Road. Other examples in the area would have been installed when the houses in that area were built, but all have the King or Queen who reined at the time on it. The Penny Red stamp was in use when this one was installed 1853+. Other boxes found in Northfield are George V, VI, Edward VIII & Elizabeth II
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George V (3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
From 1877 to 1891, George served in the Royal Navy. On the death of his grandmother Queen Victoria in 1901, his father inherited the throne as Edward VII, and George was made Prince of Wales. On his father's death in 1910, he succeeded as King-Emperor of the British Empire. He was the only Emperor of India to be present at his own Delhi Durbar.
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GR - George V post box in Dockar Road
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Postal Boxes
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