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Blue nhs painted post boxes
Gazzas89-PGO
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So in parts of the uk we are now getting post boxes painted blue with thank you nhs painted on as well, would these be acceptable in the same way the gold ones are it are we to treat them as always?
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I read about the one in Captain Tom's town being painted blue which I would accept as valid.
I would like to see in the description why is blue rather than a generic "rare blue postbox they are normally red"
The general consensus from what I've seen on the Facebook groups is the the NHS blue postboxes will be eligible if:
• The blue paint jobs are permanent
• It's explained in the description why they're painted blue, thus covering the cool story aspect of the criteria
@NicoSolheim-ING so more if a wait till this is over to see if they stay blue rather than submit now
Did the ones painted blue for the 2019 Cricket remain blue or were they repainted?
The cricket ones were painted white, and from my understanding, they were eventually repainted red.
I've tweeted Royal Mail to see if the blue ones are staying blue, but I'm not holding my breath for a response.
The one's I was thinking of were the same blue, but looking at this article they were temporary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48430407
I think there are still one or two original airmail boxes in the UK which were blue.
I never knew about ones being painted blue for the crickett. I knew some had been painted white and then eventually painted red again
@NicoSolheim-ING I suspect some will be submitted soon either way, it's not exactly something that common so some might get through no matter what
Speaking of post boxes, I found this one, would you say it's rare enough?
It's uncommon - a Carron box. The square boxes were a very short-live experiment in the 70's that although practical were hated by the public, all the ones I've seen have the ERII cipher. It certainly has more interest than you're average box, but convincing revieweres might be tricky.
From what I’ve read of the Blue NHS boxes is that there will only be 7 (including the special Captain Tom one) it implies permanence (however the cricket ones last year were supposed to be permanent before they repainted them Red)
I would treat them as I would a mural, accept for now but if they get repainted later then request removal of the wayspot at the later date