Hong Kong Culture series - Hong Kong Post Office Letterbox

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Hong Kong Post boxes Hong Kong imported post-boxes from the UK until the practice was discontinued in the 1980s. Before 1997, the post boxes were painted red, as in the United Kingdom, and were engraved with the royal cypher – for example, EIIR to represent Queen Elizabeth II. According to fans of Hong Kong's history, featuring the regal insignia on many of the George V and George VI post boxes in Hong Kong are unique as they are different in design from other British post boxes in the world.[6] Since the transfer of sovereignty to China in 1997, the livery of the boxes became green, and were adorned with the new Hongkong Post logo.[6] HongKong Post box bearing insignia of King George V, made during the colonial era, but painted in green from red after 1997
As of October 2015, there are 1,148 free-standing post-boxes in Hong Kong; only 59 colonial post boxes bearing the royal insignia were still in service.[6] In late 2014 Hongkong Post reaffirmed its policy that the remaining 59 colonial-era post boxes would only be replaced if they were seriously damaged or no longer meet the demand of its customers.[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongkong_Post#Post_boxes hong kong letterbox postbox britian british colonial 1997 nostalgic architectural street architectural street