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Postboxes in Edinburgh

Explore 563 mapped postboxes in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh currently has 563 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Edinburgh include 7 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is scottish_crown, recorded on 229 postboxes, representing 40.7% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: scottish_crown (229), GR (66), GVIR (40), EVIIR (30), VR (25), no (10) and EIIR (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 304 mapped examples. The data contains 6 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 11 designs and 3 colours are represented. The most frequently recorded colour is Gold, appearing on 2 mapped postboxes. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 563 mapped postboxes • 7 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: scottish_crown (229), GR (66), GVIR (40), EVIIR (30), VR (25), no (10), EIIR (1) • 6 recorded postbox types • 11 recorded designs • 3 recorded colours • Most common cypher: scottish_crown (229 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (304) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
VR
pillar
reproduction_penfold
-
Edinburgh
EVIIR
pillar
-
-
Edinburgh
scottish_crown
lamp
-
-
Balerno
scottish_crown
pillar
type_a
-
Balerno
GVIR
pillar
type_b
-
Balerno
GVIR
pillar
type_b
-
Balerno
-
lamp
-
-
Newcraighall
GVIR
-
-
-
Newcraighall
GVIR
pillar
type_b
-
Newcraighall
-
pillar
-
-
Danderhall
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