Victoria's Post Box #15 – Tring (Brook Street) Letterbox Hybrid

<p><strong>Another cache in what has the potential to become a National Numbered Series of Letterbox Hybrid caches, placed to mark one of a diminishing number of post boxes placed in Queen Victoria’s reign and still in use for regular collections by Royal Mail.</strong></p>
<p>A few simple guidelines will apply to the series (subject to amendment):</p>
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<li>The post box must carry the Royal Cipher of Queen Victoria (in whatever format)</li>
<li>The box must have regular collections by Royal Mail</li>
<li>The box must be in the British Isles (so United Kingdom and adjoining Crown Dependencies).</li>
<li>Any style or colour of box are valid as long as the above all apply</li>
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<p><strong>The Cache</strong></p>
<p>Having solved the Jigsaw (which on a reasonable sized screen should only take 15-20mins) you will need to visit the published co-ords to obtain some values.</p>
<p>Unfortunately GPS signal is not great at GZ, but you should easily spot this fine example of a Victorian “Wall Box” manufactured by the London firm of Architectural iron founders, W.T. Allen &amp; Co., sometime between 1881 and her death in 1902 which is set into a brick pillar outside No 67 Brook St (and adorned with possibly the geocachers least favourite plant), but fear not, there is no ivy involved in the actual hide!</p>
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<div style="display:inline-block;text-align:left;width:202px;"><a href="https://www.jigidi.com/solve.php?id=CRZBS30B&amp;utm_source=em" style="color:#444;">Victorian Postbox<img src="https://thumbs.jigidi.com/embed.php?t=m_CRZBS30B_117" alt="Jigsaw puzzle - Victorian Postbox" style="display:block;border:none;margin:5px 0 0 0;" /></a></div>
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<p><strong><font color="red">Please DO NOT attempt to park on the road near GZ, traffic is already badly congested with residents parking outside their houses reducing traffic flow to a single lane.</font></strong><br />
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<font color="black">Depending on the time of day of your visit, <strong>(and I advise trying to avoid School opening and closing times to make your search les muggly)</strong> there may be a small amount of parking available at <strong>N51 47.962 W000 39.510</strong>, (diagonally opposite the bottom of Shugars Green) but as this is intended for the local residents, I would advise using the parking given in waypoints, <strong><br />
(N 51° 47.973 W 000° 39.597)</strong> which is accessed off of Silk Mill Way.</font><br />
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<p><strong><font color="red">Please take care with small cachers and geodogs as this can be a very busy road and there are usually lots of parked cars, which can restrict visibility.</font></strong><br />
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<p><strong><font color="blue">Please use all your caching skills to avoid being observed whist searching for and retrieving the cache, and re-hide with care - Thank You.</font></strong><br />
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<p><strong><font color="black">The self-inking rubber stamp in the cache is NOT a trade item, and must remain in the cache!</font></strong><br /></p>
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<p><strong><em><font color="green">If you know of an eligible post box and would like to add to this series, please apply to <a href="mailto:team.hippo@virgin.net">Team Hippo</a> for a series number, giving the following:</font></em></strong></p>
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<li><strong><font color="green"><em>Location as in place name (and street if applicable)</em></font></strong></li>
<li><strong><font color="green"><em>Location in Lat Long format (DD MM.MMM)</em></font></strong></li>
<li><strong><font color="green"><em>Postbox number</em></font></strong></li>
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