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@letterappsoc We'll remain on X to share museum news & updates. But if you enjoy learning fun facts, hearing stories from our archives and gaining a different perspective on our collections, make sure to follow on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok. Find them below. 4/4 👉
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Meet Mrs Elizabeth Dickson who retired in 1908 from almost 31 years service as a rural postwoman. She walked 129,392 miles during her career, that's like more than 5x around the world! #WomensHistoryMonth
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🎉🎉🎉WE'VE GOT SOME EXCITING NEWS!!! 🎉🎉🎉 THE POSTAL MUSEUM IS A FINALIST OF THE #MUSEUMOFTHEYEAR @artfund
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There's a #CypherSpotting trend sweeping the UK - read up on the history of Royal Cyphers here and let us know which ones you find on your local postboxes. 📮 ->
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📮 This #PostboxSaturday we're heading to the seaside town of Bexhill-on-Sea in 1964. How convenient is this stamp vending machine attached to the George V pillar box?
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Welcome to The Postal Museum. We're now OPEN! Come in and explore the fascinating #history of the first social network. #new #museum #london
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Now this is a New Years resolution we can definitely get behind.
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This year, I will be mainly travelling Britain researching Postman's Paths walked by rural postmen and women until the 1970s. Follow me if you love writing letters, postal history and walking!
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What's behind Post Early Advent Calendar door number 13? A rather unique twist today, as this 1960's poster is all about Air Mail. 🖌️1962
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We are delighted to share that we have been awarded £860,000 from the #CultureRecoveryFund . Thank you @DCMS @hmtreasury and @ace_national for this huge and much needed support for museum’s future. We can’t wait to open on 29 October -> #HereForCulture
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Today we're taking a trip to The Postal Museum Store in Debden for #postboxsaturday Did you know we hold over 200 postboxes here? How many different types can you spot in this picture?
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Commissioned by the Post Office and Royal Mint, Dorothy Wilding took the first official photographs of the new monarch in 1952. As shown by the proof, this portrait was selected as the basis of the image of The Queen for postage stamps. @RCT #MailRoom
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Dame Mary Quant, 60's fashion pioneer passed away this morning. Her famous mini skirt featured in the British Design Classics 2009 stamp set pictured below. Her trailblazing visions will be missed. #MaryQuant
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We're pleased to share that The Postal Museum has received £250,000 from @HeritageFundUK and @TNLUK to combat the financial impact closure has had on the museum. #ThanksToYou #NationalLotteryHeritageFund for your support! @HeritageFundL_S Read more ->
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Today we are mostly looking at old photos of dogs in post offices.
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We snapped this beautiful Edward VII postbox in a sun-soaked Holborn at Lincoln Inn Gardens, whilst out and about for a lunchtime stroll. #PostboxSaturday
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This #PostboxSaturday is a double header complete with a classic red telephone box! Located in the charmingly-named hamlet of "Wasps Nest in Lincolnshire", this looks like the perfect setting to admire the countryside view.
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#MailRail will be making an appearance in tonight's episode of #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt on the Yesterday TV channel 🎬 Presenter @MrTimDunn will be joined by Head of Collections Chris to answer your questions. Tweet them here 👇
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The only Black Friday we're interested in. #PennyBlack
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⭐ We have big news – we have officially received #Accreditation status!⭐ Museum Accreditation is a UK-wide industry standard that shows we care for our collections, make them accessible to audiences and safeguard our history and heritage for the future @ace__london
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Back to daily walks? 📮 Show us your favourite pillar boxes you've spotted and challenge yourself to find one for each British monarch with our top tips -> #PostboxSaturday
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Bringing the perfect gift to the #PlatinumParty hosted by @RCT . These are the very first stamps from 1952 featuring Her Majesty The Queen's portrait photographed by Dorothy Wilding.
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#MailRail transported letters and parcels across the capital from 1927 until it was abandoned in 2003. At the peak of its operation, the driverless trains carried 4 million letters every day, for 22 hours per day! #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt
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Today, we remember the life of Queen Elizabeth II through the stamps issued throughout her 70-year reign - from stamps marking her Accession in 1952 to the Platinum Jubilee designs issued earlier this year.
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Calling all the map and diagram geeks! This rare cutaway shows the connection between #MailRail network and #Paddington Station in 1984.
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@WomensHistNet Jean Cameron. In 1941, a time when more women were entering the postal service, she demanded - and won - the right to wear trousers on her long mail routes in the Scottish highlands. The right for women to wear what they want at work started with Jean's incredible activism.
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Did you know that today is National Postal Workers Day? Launched in 2011 by the Communication Workers Union, it's a day to celebrate the hard work and dedication of hundreds of thousands of women and men who collect, sort, and deliver letters, parcels, and packets.
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Did you know that during WW1, the Mail Rail tunnels were used to protect some of London's most important artworks and artefacts? Collections from the likes of the Tate, National Portrait Gallery and the British Museum were all stored in the unfinished network safe below London.
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Happy 94th Birthday to Her Majesty #QueenElizabeth 💐 🎂
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Writing letters and cards to your friends and family is still a great way of communicating. We're just saying.
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This stunning photograph was taken in 1938 as a postie completed his rounds overlooking the River Swale in Richmond, Yorkshire.
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As it's Hogmanay today, it's only appropriate to transport you to the Scottish Highlands for today's #PostboxSaturday . This lampbox can be found in the Spittal of Glenshee, a rural community on the edge of the Cairngorms and known for its skiing in the winter. ⛷️
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Charles Dickens wrote 'A Christmas Carol' in 1843 giving an insight into Victorian society and their Christmas celebrations. Take a look at stamp designs by @QuentinBlakeHQ inspired by his masterpiece ->
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This #PostboxSaturday we've taken a dip into our archives. Photographed in 1949, we love this scene of a man holding a cauliflower in Brecon, Wales.
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Life as a rural postie wasn't always a picnic. Occasionally they'd be chased away by hostile locals. 🐏 📸 The River Findhorn near Nairn, 1938.
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Competition time! 🎉 To celebrate our #MuseumOfTheYear shortlist we're giving away 10 pairs of FREE tickets to visit the Museum & #MailRail on Monday 11 June 2018. For your chance to #win simply RT by midnight on Sunday!
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How peculiar! Holes have been popping up all over #London ... Have you found any? #SecretRailway
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Cyber Monday is all well and good, but when is Cypher Monday? Today. Today is Cypher Monday.
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. We send our heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family at this time. Image: The 4d Machin definitive, issued 5th June 1967.
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It was a rather drab, drizzly day in Reading when this was taken. However, spotting this beautiful wallbox and Edward VII cypher by the Abbey ruins made up for it. #PostBoxSaturday
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Just because you're only heading out to post a letter doesn't mean you don't need to dress to impress. 📸 Moor Park, date unknown - presumably the olden days. PO118/339
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This #PostboxSaturday we're taking you to Banbury. Photographed in October 1968, this Victorian pillarbox may have been fitted up to a century before this was taken. Does anyone know if it's still there?
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Take a look at this wall box for today's #PostboxSaturday from the wonderfully named Cley next the Sea, Norfolk. The vibrant green of the house plants, the blue sky reflected on the window and the bright red box makes this a pretty perfect scene.
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British graphic designer MacDonald Gill redesigned the iconic #logo of the General Post Office in 1934. He used 'Gill Sans' typeface created by his brother Eric. #FontSunday @DesignMuseum
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It's an archive installment of #PostboxSaturday today. We love this image of a rather dapper looking gentlemen posting a letter into a gorgeous penfold postbox in Buxton, 1935.
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What's behind door number five of our Post Early Advent Calendar? 🖌️ 1945
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Happy #PostboxSaturday from Portobello Beach in Edinburgh. We love a beach adjacent postbox. 🌊
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We're excited to announce that we're opening in JULY 2017. Be the first to hear about #MailRail tickets ->
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Meet Mr Singh Saneet, the first Postman to wear a turban while on duty and the first Sikh employed by the Post Office, 1960 #ExploreArchives #ReligiousArchives
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This is a Post Bus appreciation tweet to get your Monday morning on the right track.
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For #NationalHandwritingDay we're sharing an example of a cross-written letter.✍️ Before 1840, letters were charged depending on the number of sheets sent, leading some people to ‘cross-write’ their letters to get around the system. Can you read this?
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When one of our museum note cards from visitors goes viral 🤣🤣🤣 #AinsleyHarriott @Ainsleypewds #couscous #memoriesofthemail
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It's official! We were excited to receive the Archive Service Accreditation certificate from @UkNatArchives @UKNatArcSector earlier today. Well done to our Archive Team! Find out more 👉🏻
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We're so excited to join the forces with @DesignMuseum and guest-host their #FontSunday tomorrow! Share your examples on a Christmas & The Post theme from 12.00 with hashtag #FontSunday 🗛
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Happy Chinese New Year! 🐂 @IOMPOSTOFFICE celebrates the #YearOfTheOx by making history with these unique triangular stamps issued for the first time ever!
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This #PostboxSaturday we're taking you to Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex to give you a sneak peek into the inner workings of a 1964 post box stamp machine. Have you spotted any post boxes with stamp machines still attached? 📸 1964
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"I even bought a tiny little model of a Post Bus rather like you; you look at me from my bookcase to remind me daily of the great transport idea that you were, and indeed you still could be." Read @MrTimDunn 's letter to the Post Bus ->
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Happy #StAndrewsDay ! Here's a pic from a postal delivery on the beach at Barra, Scotland in 1980. @FlyLoganair
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WE WON! 🎉 We're over the moon to win Best Accessible Museum at @kidsinmuseums #FamilyFriendlyMuseum Awards. Congratulations to the other shortlisted museums, we're big fans @FitzMuseum_UK @TheEgyptCentre
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Our Best Accessible Museum is... @thepostalmuseum ! #FamilyFriendlyMuseum We were impressed by the range of services, including Changing Places toilet, sensory bags and online information designed with families and young people. Families felt staff were patient and understanding.
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In 1963, it was officially decided that Father Christmas should start sending replies to the many letters he received from children across the UK. Here's the cover of the first cards received by a select few lucky households that year.
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The social team checking Twitter this morning seeing we no longer have our blue tick. 👋
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We want to wish all of our followers a Happy New Year with our last #PostboxSaturday of 2023. A VR wall box spotted in St Leonard's on Sea. Perfectly poised on a garden wall. But that's not all. 1/4
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#MailRail is NOW OPEN! 🚂🚂🚂
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Go behind the scenes at our latest exhibit from the world of Wallace & Gromit and @aardman ->
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#TheKingsStamp opens today, marking @royalmail ’s release of the first new definitive stamp design in the UK for 56 years. Be the first to see King Charles III’s stamp in person, before it’s in circulation, only at The Postal Museum. 👉
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You can tour London’s underground again as the #MailRail reopens on 29 October. Thanks for the shout out @TimeOutLondon 🚇
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Who’s looking forward to a Wallace & Gromit binge this #Christmas ? If you can’t get enough of this duo don’t miss our new exhibit that goes behind the scenes at @aardman ->
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In celebration of #WorldPostcardDay meet Curator Joanna Espin on our Instagram where she explores The Secret Language of Postcards. Curious? Tune in now ->
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🥳 We're excited to have won the Accessible and Inclusive Award in the #LondonTourismAwards 2022! Thank you for having us @londonpartners and congratulations to all other winners.
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As our journey takes us into 2023, we wish you a very happy New Year from all of us at The Postal Museum.
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Happy 90th birthday to David Gentleman 🎂 Famous artist, illustrator and author produced many #stamp designs over the years. This is one of his two submissions to mark 50 years since the women's vote in 1968. It never made it onto the final stamps.
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*** MAIL RAIL SERVICE UPDATE MON 1 APR 2019 *** You know those rubber bands posties use? Well, they’ve started collecting in our tunnels! Our team are currently dealing with the unexpected blockage and here’s the evidence! But don't worry our trains are still running 😉
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During #WW1 , the Mail Rail tunnels were used to store art treasures from @Tate @britishmuseum and @NPGLondon to protect them from German attacks. Read more interesting facts about Mail Rail ->
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#OnThisDay in 1965 The Post Office Tower, now called the #BTtower , officially opened. At 189 metres high, the Tower was the tallest building in London until 1980 and is still an iconic part of the capital’s skyline.
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It's just a couple of days before Christmas but we thought we'd share a present early for today's #PostboxSaturday . A magnificent Victorian penfold pillar box found in Bath a couple of months ago by one of our team.
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@marcxsmith Hi from WC1X 0DA, just throwing in some further reading on postcodes 👍
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Postcodes - The Postal Museum

Find out all about the origins of modern postcodes.

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December 2022 marks 40 years since Raymond Briggs' classic animation 'The Snowman' was first broadcast on Channel 4. Now Christmas Eve wouldn't be the same without it. This stamp is part of a 2014 collection that celebrated Briggs and his creations.
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#OnThisDay in 1840 the revolutionary #PennyPost was introduced. Senders not recipients were now charged for post based on the weight of a letter not distance. This opened up communication to the masses meaning it was no longer a luxury only the wealthy could afford.
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"There is, I'm afraid, industrial chaos in the post office cat world." A sentence you'd probably never expect to read, especially when you find out this was spoken in Parliament. However you may be ‘feel-ine’ this Friday, this is a thread you’ll want to read. 🧵 1/12
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Thank you to everyone who shared their pictures of knitted postbox toppers on their walks. Postie Emma regularly collects from this postbox in Long Eaton, Derbyshire. Do you have one in your local area? #PostboxSaturday
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You'll feel "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love" exploring the stamp album of one of Britain's most memorable performers, Freddie Mercury. The album is on view at the museum until 30 October 2022 as well as on our website. 👉
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HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY TO US 🎉 We couldn’t have made it through our first 365 days without you our wonderful visitors, staff and volunteers, sponsors and supporters! @RoyalMail @heritagelottery @PostOffice
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Could you find a more picturesque Oxford scene? This #PostboxSaturday , glimpse George VI's cypher on this wall box found on the historic Turl Street.
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Hi @TreasuryMog now that the #Budget2017 announcement is out of the way, why not become The Postal Museum's next Head Mouser? Whilst a volunteer work-from-home position, there are some great purrks! Have a look -> #jobsfurcats
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Did you know that the first sketches for the Penfold pillar box were submitted in 1866? They were designed by John Wornham Penfold. Learn more about the history of the first postbox -> #PostboxSaturday
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This splendid Victorian wall box was spotted opposite St Michael's Church in Tilehurst, Reading for today's #PostboxSaturday For the eagle eyed amongst you, the stone placed just above dates the house to 1779.
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Happy #MuseumSelfieDay ! We've recreated some of our favourite #archive images and paintings to showcase postal #fashion from different eras. Our team members modelling replica postal uniforms which we have in the museum. Can you spot the difference?
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This Remembrance Sunday we pay tribute to the 12,830 postal workers who lost their lives during WWI and WWII. This short thread tells the remarkable stories from our archives of efforts made by postal workers in wartime. 1/8
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Calling all the map and diagram geeks! This rare 1984 cutaway shows the connection between #MailRail network and Paddington Station.
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A very happy Christmas Eve AND #PostboxSaturday to you all. 🎄 📸St Albans
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Since we're closed and no humans are around, our Postal Cats are back and in charge of the museum! Can you spot all 13 of them? Extra points if you remember their names 🐈 #jobsfurcats
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Today on #PostboxSaturday we are sharing the first post box to bear the royal cypher of Queen Elizabeth II. Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall, 1952
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Welcome to Coldingham Sands for today's #PostboxSaturday . As you might be able to tell from the cypher, this was taken in Scotland, a short hop up the coast from Berwick-upon-Tweed. Have you got any examples of post boxes beside the seaside?
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We post our letters of good cheer to all our fellow postbox lovers 📮 Merry Christmas! #PostboxSaturday #ChristmasDay
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We're in South London today with a Penfold special for #PostboxSaturday , spotted by one of our team on Devonshire Road in Forest Hill. Introduced as a standardised design in 1866, the Penfold only lasted 13 years before the more traditional pillar box design today was favoured.
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Happy #MuseumSelfieDay ! Taken in 1960 at Berwick-upon-Tweed delivery office. Can you spot the difference? It's quite subtle, we know.
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This #PostboxSaturday we're sharing one of the more curious examples from our archives. This pillar box was found in East Ayrshire and might just be one-of-a-kind, having been made locally in Kilmarnock in the early 20th century for local use only.
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Today would have been #FreddieMercury 's 76th birthday. We were thrilled to welcome Kashmira Bulsara, Freddie's sister, to the museum today to visit his childhood stamp album. View the full album on our website -> #FreddieMercury #stamps #philately
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Get your diaries ready...We're opening on FRIDAY 28 JULY! 🎉🎉🎉 #BreakingNews
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