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Useful Links to related sites
Here you will find links to a variety of postbox or philately-related sites which are the personal choice of the curator. We cannot vouch for the content of these sites. If you find a broken link, please report it here.
Positively Postal - Scott Thomson's excellent stamp & postal related site can be found here.
Paul's Unofficial Letterbox Pages- plenty of good postbox pictures
Light Straw GPO pages - an excellent guide to the various aspects of the former GPO
Malcolm Smith's Post Box gallery pages- Many pictures of UK boxes arranged by reign, shot for photographic merit rather than technical interest, some interesting locations.
CDS Covers- First Day Covers of difference and distinction. Tired of the same old Royal Mail offerings? Try Chris Sutcliffe's bespoke FDC service instead!
Telecomunications Heritage Group- for tele-nuts everywhere!
Essex Association of Philatelic Societies
BBC Radio Cumbria Post Box Gallery - Just grows & grows, over 100 post boxes from around Cumbria. recommended site!
Read the Joint Policy on Postboxes by English Heritage & Royal Mailissued in October 2003 (Requires Acrobat Reader)
A couple of good Postal History "portal" websites are:
Philatelyandpostalhistorythe portal for Postal History
Postal History - the worldwide Postal History website
Two good photographic sites:
Cliff Jones' postbox photo galleries - some great pics from Cliff here
Kiosk Korner - all you want to know about Telephone Kiosks
Red Phone Box pages - excellent selection of photos from around the world including K3s in Portugal!
Halstead On-Line - Pictures of Halstead Then & Now - spot the PB1/4!
King George VI- Malcolm Sanders excellent site detailing the postal & philatelic history of Britain during the reign of King George VI
Wikipeadia page on Postboxes
Bob's Telephone Pages - excellent resource with digital copies of the spec for installation of every GPO Kiosk.
Stamp Site of the Week
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