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== Anchal post boxes == | == Anchal post boxes == | ||
[[File:Anchal [email protected]|thumb|upright=0.75|Anchal box at [[Muvattupuzha]] head post office]] | [[File:Anchal [email protected]|thumb|upright=0.75|Anchal box at [[Muvattupuzha]] head post office]] | ||
[[File:Travacore Anchal Post.jpeg|thumb|Anchal Post Box in [[Krishnapuram Palace]].]] | |||
These [[pillar box]]es are made of cast iron, are about 100 cm tall and hexagonal in shape. The letter box features the State emblem, the [[Shankha]]. A pair of smaller [[Shankha]] are seen on either side of the mail slot. The words Travancore Anchal, Anchal letter box, letters taken are embossed and at the centre of the box is a [[Shankha]] emblem. Also it shows what time the letter is cleared out from the box. These letter boxes, each weighing about 715 kilograms, could take about 3000 letters and small packets. The manufacturer's name, Massey & Co, Madras is embossed on them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2022%20No%203/a-post-box-out-of-the-past.html | These [[pillar box]]es are made of cast iron, are about 100 cm tall and hexagonal in shape. The letter box features the State emblem, the [[Shankha]]. A pair of smaller [[Shankha]] are seen on either side of the mail slot. The words Travancore Anchal, Anchal letter box, letters taken are embossed and at the centre of the box is a [[Shankha]] emblem. Also it shows what time the letter is cleared out from the box. These letter boxes, each weighing about 715 kilograms, could take about 3000 letters and small packets. The manufacturer's name, Massey & Co, Madras is embossed on them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2022%20No%203/a-post-box-out-of-the-past.html | ||
|title=A post-box out of the past|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> | |title=A post-box out of the past|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> | ||