Victoria's post box

There are very few Victorian post-boxes (or 'wall-boxes', as the type you see in the photo is correctly called) left in Staffordshire.

This one is still intact and in use in Eccleshall.

King George's postbox

A few old 'wall-boxes' (as they are properly called) can still be seen in Staffordshire.  The scrolled GR type on it means that this was made in the reign of King George VI, who died in 1952.
Amazingly, one can still find postboxes dating back to Victoria's reign, though I am still looking for any in Staffordshire.

I found this example in Mossgate.

Telephone box - in hedge

 
They almost look as though they have been stuffed into the hedge: these two symbols of British authority seem to have been treated a little disrespectfully!

However, I guess Saverley Green village decided that both the telephone box and the post box looked cosier like this.  At least, I suppose so…