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Postboxes in Dumfries

Explore 45 mapped postboxes in Dumfries.

Dumfries currently has 45 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Dumfries include 5 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is scottish_crown, recorded on 20 postboxes, representing 44.4% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: scottish_crown (20), GR (6), GVIR (2), EVIIR (1) and no (1). Among the recognised royal cyphers in the data, EVIIR is the earliest recorded and GVIR is the most recent. The most commonly recorded postbox type is Lamp, with 12 mapped examples. The data contains 3 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 4 designs and 1 colour are represented. The most frequently recorded colour is Red, appearing on 18 mapped postboxes. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 45 mapped postboxes • 5 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: scottish_crown (20), GR (6), GVIR (2), EVIIR (1), no (1) • 3 recorded postbox types • 4 recorded designs • 1 recorded colour • Most common cypher: scottish_crown (20 postboxes) • Most common type: Lamp (12) • Earliest recognised cypher: EVIIR • Most recent recognised cypher: GVIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
GR
pillar
type_b
red
Dumfries
scottish_crown
pillar
-
-
Dumfries
-
-
-
-
Dumfries
scottish_crown
wall
-
-
Dumfries
-
pillar
-
-
Dumfries
-
-
-
-
Dumfries
GR
wall
-
red
Dumfries
GR
pillar
type_b
red
Dumfries
scottish_crown
lamp
-
red
Dumfries
| mounting = pier
GR
wall
-
red
Dumfries
| mounting = stone_wall
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