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    Posted: 24 May 2012 at 09:36
A familiar site to many, but where was this picture taken?
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Near another Galaxy, Milky Way, or Mars?
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Just next to a red postbox?

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and now the serious answers will follow
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Hi Steve, neat idea. At the risk of being the first stupid/sensible answer I'll plump for Gibralter.
You were clearly there to take the photograph and I think it was an act of pure genius to put that wooden board with the blurred words above the box just to confuse. When do I get my prize?
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Haha, but unfortunately its not Gibraltar. However you are not far off.
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Aberystwyth?  On the promenade near the castle.

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Originally posted by Colin

Near another Galaxy, Milky Way, or Mars?

 
It's a Maltesers things isn't it?
 
Malta.
 
Now what is my prize?  Wink
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The prize is the satisfaction of being clever and getting it correct.
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In front of Auberge d'Italie, Merchant's Street, Valletta, Malta. Auberge d'Italie was the GPO until it moved to Marsa a couple of years ago. Now it houses the Malta Tourism Authority.
The postbox originally had a royal cypher, but it was removed when Malta became a republic in 1974. Fortunately only a few postboxes had the cypher removed, and some are still in use today:
 
The pillar box in front of Victoria BPO, Gozo.
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Exactly correct, but I suspect you have local knowledge
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Anybody want to hazard a guess where this quaint little thing is?
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Something about the colour of the stone makes me think it could be a Welsh castle in the background. Cardiff?
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very close!
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I know you have all been spending up to 8 hours a day trying to solve this. But I will have to tell you its at Chirk Castle on the Anglo-Welsh border in N. Wales.
The castle is one of Edward I's and not only still complete, but also still inhabited.
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I wasn't far out. Did you post anything there?
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