It is thought stolen letterboxes are being sold to unscrupulous collectors, possibly around the world.
On 7 January, the post box in Hinderclay Road was stolen. It was to be the first in a series of post box thefts reported across Suffolk.In Norfolk, post boxes have been stolen in Runcton Holme, Thornham and Ashwicken.In the Norfolk cases, two of the post boxes bore the Royal Cypher "GR", meaning -they were put up during the reign of King George V
Sgt Brian Calver is Suffolk police's heritage crime officer and believes the post box thefts are feeding a hungry market for collectors. "We do use it, people do still send letters. The nearest post box to here is about four miles away in Sturmer [in Essex].
On one online selling site, he said, he saw a post box being offered for sale with a price of £34,000.
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