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Postboxes in Boston

Explore 62 mapped postboxes in Boston.

Boston currently has 62 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Boston include 5 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is EIIR, recorded on 25 postboxes, representing 40.3% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: EIIR (25), GR (4), GVIR (4), EVIIR (2) and no (1). Among the recognised royal cyphers in the data, EVIIR is the earliest recorded and EIIR is the most recent. The most commonly recorded postbox type is Pillar, with 16 mapped examples. The data contains 3 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 6 designs are represented. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 62 mapped postboxes • 5 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: EIIR (25), GR (4), GVIR (4), EVIIR (2), no (1) • 3 recorded postbox types • 6 recorded designs • 0 recorded colours • Most common cypher: EIIR (25 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (16) • Earliest recognised cypher: EVIIR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
no
wall
-
-
Boston
| mounting = building
EIIR
pillar
type_b
-
Boston
EIIR
pillar
type_a
-
Boston
EIIR
pillar
type_c
-
Boston
-
-
-
-
Boston
EIIR
pillar
type_c
-
Boston
EIIR
lamp
-
-
Boston
| mounting = pier
GVIR
wall
-
-
Boston
GR
wall
-
-
Boston
EIIR
-
-
-
Boston
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