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SEPTEMBER 2022 – TAKE A LETTER: THE POST BOXES OF GOSPORT

The Letter Box Study Group was recently asked to help in the production of a virtual tour around Gosport looking at the variety of post boxes in the town, as part of Heritage Open Days. https://www.gosportheritage.co.uk/take-a-letter-the-post-boxes-of-gosport/… Read More

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Dec 18 - Potteries Museum Most notable for its St

Dec 18 - Potteries Museum

Most notable for its Staffordshire Hoard exhibition - a fabulous find of buried Anglo-Saxon treasure - this museum explores the culture and history of The Potteries. One of its exhibitions is this fabulous green First National Standard pillar box, on display in its shop. Note that the museum will be closed until March 2026, so plan your visit accordingly.

Website: https://www.stokemuseums.org.uk/pmag/

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Dec 17 - Beaulieu Motor Museum We Brits love a go

Dec 17 - Beaulieu Motor Museum

We Brits love a good motor museum, and Beaulieu is well worth a visit if you're interested in the history of cars and other motorised transport. A postbox is not a key exhibit here, but this Victorian wall box adds to the scene outside this reconstructed garage.

Website: https://www.beaulieu.co.uk/

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Dec 16 - Museum for Communication, Berlin This is

Dec 16 - Museum for Communication, Berlin

This is the world's oldest postal museum. Founded in 1872 by the German postmaster general, he had its grand building constructed in 1898. Amongst its exhibitions, it features examples of many historic German postboxes, such as those pictured here.

Website: https://www.mfk-berlin.de/homepage/

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Dec 15 - Milestones Museum Basingstoke This livin

Dec 15 - Milestones Museum Basingstoke

This living museum recreates the Victorian past of Hampshire, but unlike the earlier museums in this calendar it's all indoors, so you won't need a raincoat! Their postboxes include this lovely replica Penfold from 1988 outside the fire station.

Website: https://www.milestonesmuseum.org.uk/

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Dec 14 - St Fagan's National Museum of History Si

Dec 14 - St Fagan's National Museum of History

Situated in the grounds of an 16th century castle, St Fagan's museum explores the history of Wales through the lives of its people, from the ancient to the modern. Amongst the free museum's outdoor attractions is the Blaen-waun Post Office, originally constructed in 1936, and here with a George V 'hovis' lamp box carefully installed in the wall.

Website: https://museum.wales/stfagans/

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Dec 13 - Colne Valley Postal History Museum Once

Dec 13 - Colne Valley Postal History Museum

Once a year, this very special private museum run by LBSG member Steve Knight is opened to the general public. His collection - the second-largest private collection of postboxes in the UK - covers almost the entire span of British postbox history. Notable among them is this excellently-preserved First National Standard pillar box. Watch his website closely for when the 2026 open day will be, as it is not to be missed by postbox fans!

Website: https://www.cvphm.org.uk/

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