George VI Postbox No. 36 | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

George VI Postbox No. 36

George VI Postbox No. 36
Submitted by moddsey
Authors: 
Moddsey

Fat Kwong Street

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Wednesday, January 14, 1987
Gallery: 
1990s Hong Kong
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Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 2013-05-10 21:21.

Probably this pillar box was  No. 36 which is kept in the British Postal Museum as seen here

Don't recall having seen a George V or VI with such high numbering.

Submitted by philk on Fri, 2013-05-10 22:21.

I'm not so sure. The one in the museum pictures has a different collection plate aperture with a bar across the middle. The one above doesn't.

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2013-05-11 06:50.

Thanks. Can't explain that. Just going by numbers.

Normally when a postbox is replaced, it retains the same box number. In the case of Box 366, the current postbox number is on Container Port Road, Kwai Chung. I don't think a George V or VI postbox would have been erected there at the time.

 

Submitted by C on Sat, 2013-05-11 08:08.

Hello,

Would retired postboxes be put back into service at a different location?  Or perhaps some renumbering happened at some point?

There are some postboxes with the George V cipher with numbers in the 200s and even 400s: http://gwulo.com/node/4523

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 2013-05-14 19:45.

I suspect retired postboxes which are no longer of use would be disposed of. Since the handover from what I have noticed is that the postbox numbering has not changed.

Thanks Phil and C. Found a photo of Postbox No. 366 here and here after being "posted" abroad.