Colchester currently has 138 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Colchester include 7 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is EIIR, recorded on 51 postboxes, representing 37% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: EIIR (51), GR (11), GVIR (9), EVIIR (7), VR (3), no (2) and EVIIIR (1). Among the recognised royal cyphers in the data, VR is the earliest recorded and EIIR is the most recent. The most commonly recorded postbox type is Pillar, with 86 mapped examples. The data contains 4 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 9 designs and 1 colour are represented. The most frequently recorded colour is Red, appearing on 1 mapped postbox. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.