Stamp vending machines were first introduced in the UK in 1907 (during the reign of Edward VII), so it must have been a later addition to this particular box, but I've no idea when. However, my best guess is sometime pre-WWII as the wording suggests a single stamp was issued for a single coin (probably a pre-decimal penny coin).
I noticed this curious little ghost sign on a VR post box on Crow Road in the Broomhill area of Glasgow a few months back, but only got round to photographing it today. It's made of enamel and its message (Await Delivery of Stamp Before Inserting Further Coin) seems rather odd, until you realise it's all that's left of a stamp vending machine which used to be attached to the post box.
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Magnolia flowers outside a red sandstone tenement in the Broomhill area of Glasgow.
Despite all the faff associated with the clocks going forward this weekend, it is nice to still have light in the sky at 8:15pm. Whether I'll still feel that way tomorrow morning is another matter entirely!
Love these rather grand 1860s blonde sandstone tenements on Broomhill Avenue in the west of Glasgow, especially the fact there are bay windows on one side of the corner and bow windows on the other.
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A column of corner bow windows on a red sandstone tenement on Crow Road in the west of Glasgow.
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A red sandstone tenement in the Broomhill area of Glasgow in the early morning sun.
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An old French no parking sign in a back lane in the Broomhill area of the city. Why? Because that's Glasgow for you.
A rather stylish corner turret on a red sandstone tenement on Crow Road in the Broomhill area of Glasgow.
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The former Broomhill Congregational Church on Victoria Park Gardens South in the west of Glasgow. Designed by J.J. Burnet in the gothic style, this church and its associated buildings were constructed between 1903 and 1907.
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