George VI Postbox No. 13 | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

George VI Postbox No. 13

George VI Postbox No. 13
Submitted by moddsey
Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Thursday, January 18, 1996
Gallery: 
1990s Hong Kong
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Submitted by lemonrunner@gma... on Wed, 2013-05-08 21:35.

This box is now owned by the British Postal Museum and Archive: http://catalogue.postalheritage.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqServer=localhost&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=134&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27hong+kong%27%29

Apparently, it was given along with a GRV pillar and a GRV wall box to BPMA after 1997. 

Link to BPMA catalogue entry for the GRV pillar box from HK, which states: "Donated by the Postmaster General in Hong Kong. Arrived in the UK 13th March 1998": http://catalogue.postalheritage.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqServer=localhost&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=16&dsqSearch=%28%28%28text%29%3D%27Hong%27%29AND%28%28text%29%3D%27Kong%27%29AND%28%28text%29%3D%27box%27%29%29

No similar info is given for the GRV and GRV wall boxes but since their Ref No are sequential (2002-0011/1, 2002-0011/2, 2002-0011/3) it is believed they were donated in one batch. 

The GRV box: http://catalogue.postalheritage.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqServer=localhost&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=135&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27hong+kong%27%29 

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2013-05-08 22:08.

Thanks. At least both postboxes are in good hands.

Actually the postboxes were erected during the George VI era. Quite rare to find before the handover.