...another beautiful morning seen from my kitchen
the Fen
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A folly
Horses at 'my' Tor
Youngest castle in England
Typical scene from an Assamese town
Friday Mosque
Green markets of Assam
Kutaisi - mystery cathedral
Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, designed by renowned Americ…
Bangladesh Parliament Building - South Plaza
Mom and aunt Iva
Scene from the Calfclose Bay
Little duckling and its adult role-models
A Witch is taking you...
Belas Knap Long Barrow
Four Doors in Jaipur
Let's build the base, cook, and sleep
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I think, that...
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English wine shop
Resting
Tejka
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Where you can see the sea from the mountains
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á or í
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Window in the mountains
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Crow's eye plant
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Find the lizard
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Split
A drummer boy
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Stara maslina
1500 y.o.olive tree in Kaštel Štafilić, Croatia
A church built by two brothers
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South Velebit - view from Posedarje
Velebit - view from Stap (860m)
Velebit [panorama]
On a river
Let's drink on a river
Parking of a boat
Were the god comes to work
Coal and wind power... and a combustion engine
Low profile
Buy me a moped! Buy me a lolly!
Crkva
Sad old house
Goodbye Brčko!
Rain
Urban Mosque
Mosque girls
Tough Match
Street Chess
Sarajevo
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The Red Post Box
The red post box is an iconic piece of British heritage, having been a familiar piece of the streets for nearly 180 years. There are around 155,500 post boxes across the UK, with a substantial portion of these situated in London. When it comes to post boxes, there are two main factors which distinguish them from each other – their design and the royal cypher. The roadside post box has existed since the reign of Queen Victoria, with every subsequent monarch’s cypher being immortalised on the front (e.g. here - VR - Victoria Regina).
Prior to postal reform in 1840, mail was an expensive form of communication. The Uniform Penny Post was introduced, meaning the sender pre-paid the postal costs, rather than the recipient. The same year, the Penny Black adhesive stamp was released. It wasn’t until 12 years later, the first roadside Post Office pillar box was erected in St Helier, Jersey as a trial. In 1853, the first roadside pillar box was established in the mainland United Kingdom in Carlisle. In 1856, Richard Redgrave (1804-1888) from the Department of Science and Art came up with an ornate pillar box design to be used in London and other cities. From 1857, some post boxes were built into existing walls (as this one, located in Hampstead, North London).
memoirsofametrogirl.com/2019/07/21/london-post-boxes-royal-mail-history-queen-victoria-queen-elizabeth-ii
Prior to postal reform in 1840, mail was an expensive form of communication. The Uniform Penny Post was introduced, meaning the sender pre-paid the postal costs, rather than the recipient. The same year, the Penny Black adhesive stamp was released. It wasn’t until 12 years later, the first roadside Post Office pillar box was erected in St Helier, Jersey as a trial. In 1853, the first roadside pillar box was established in the mainland United Kingdom in Carlisle. In 1856, Richard Redgrave (1804-1888) from the Department of Science and Art came up with an ornate pillar box design to be used in London and other cities. From 1857, some post boxes were built into existing walls (as this one, located in Hampstead, North London).
memoirsofametrogirl.com/2019/07/21/london-post-boxes-royal-mail-history-queen-victoria-queen-elizabeth-ii
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