HK - A Propos of Nothing in Partticular...Post Boxes (2)

A while back (Oldest Post Box in Hove)  I mentioned the oldest post box in Hove, dating to the 1860s.

Well, here's a picture of one of the 59 remaining Hong Kong post boxes that still bear the British royal cypher. I don't know how old it is; there is an 1892 list of the locations of the first14 boxes in the old crown colony but this one is not included.

 Up until 1997 (when sovereignty transferred to China) the boxes were painted red (as they still are in the UK) and all bore the royal cypher. From 1997 the boxes were re-painted green and the old colonial ones were gradually phased out. This example is from the city centre, Statue Square.