PAIR OF VINTAGE UK & NZ \"POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK \" METAL MONEY BOXES For Sale

* RARE PAIR OF VINTAGE METAL MONEY BOXES AS PICTURED
* BACK IN THE DAY- IE THE 1940s, YOU WOULD PUT YOUR SAVINGS ( remember that ? ) IN YOUR \" POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK \" & WHEN FULL TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL PO WHERE THEY HAD A KEY TO OPEN IT THEN ADD THE TOTAL TO YOUR BANK PASSBOOK & RETURN THE EMPTY BUT LOCKED BOX TO YOU.
* BOTH MONEY BOXES ARE WELL MADE & OF A VERY SIMILAR DESIGN - DISGUISED AS A BOOK & CAN ACCOMMODATE BOTH NOTES & COINS & ARE TAMPER-PROOF.
* THE LARGER & PROBABLY NEWER ONE IS THE UK VERSION WITH THE CROWN ETC ON AN OVAL METAL DISC ON THE FRONT. IT MEASURES ABOUT 125 mm X 85 X 20 & WEIGHS 227 gms. THE FAUX RED LEATHER EFFECT IS PAINTED ON. THE MAKERS NAME \" TAYLOR LAW & Co Ltd \" etc IS STAMPED ON THE SIDE ALONG WITH PATENT Nos & A PRESUMABLY UNIQUE SERIAL NUMBER.
* THE SECOND BOX WAS ALSO MADE IN THE UK BUT BY \" PEARSON PAGE & JEWSBURY BIRMINGHAM. IT IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER & MEASURES ABOUT 115 mm X 75 X 20. IT HAS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A GENUINE RED LEATHER COVER ( simulating a book-cover ) & THE VARIOUS DESIGNS ARE EMBOSSED. THE NEW ZEALAND COAT OF ARMS ON THE FRONT HAS THE MOTTO \" ONWARDS \" DATING IT TO PRE-1956. ALSO HAS A STAMPED SERIAL NUMBER.
* PRETTY HARD TO FIND ONE OF THESE, LET ALONE A PAIR FROM DIFFERNT COUNTRIES IN THE ONE LOT
* NB - \" NO RETURNS \" POLICY APPLIES IF YOU JUST CHANGE YOUR MIND ETC. HOWEVER IF THE ITEM IS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY \'AS LISTED\' OR GETS DAMAGED IN TRANSIT, A FULL REFUND WILL BE PAID INCLUDING RETURN POSTAGE.
* WILL BE CAREFULLY PACKED IN & POSTED WORLD-WIDE WITH TRACKING AT COST PRICE - ******** NB - ANY EXCESS POSTAGE PAID WILL BE REFUNDED ************
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* LOTS MORE INTERESTING COLLECTABLES LISTED - COMBINED POSTAGE AVAILABLE WHEN POSSIBLE