Post rarity delivers a £24,000 result

Having stood at Guernsey airport from 1946-81, the island post box shown below came out of storage in 1988 for presentation to the late politician and lawyer Roger Perrot who died earlier this year.

The 5ft 6in (1.67m) high, cast-iron item came into public view again to be the surprise star of Ma…

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