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Postboxes in Glasgow

Explore 461 mapped postboxes in Glasgow.

Glasgow currently has 461 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Glasgow include 8 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is scottish_crown, recorded on 100 postboxes, representing 21.7% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: scottish_crown (100), GR (87), GVIR (38), EVIIR (29), EVIIIR (16), VR (13), no (3) 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 302 mapped examples. The data contains 3 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 8 mapped postboxes. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 461 mapped postboxes • 8 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: scottish_crown (100), GR (87), GVIR (38), EVIIR (29), EVIIIR (16), VR (13), no (3), EIIR (1) • 3 recorded postbox types • 9 recorded designs • 1 recorded colour • Most common cypher: scottish_crown (100 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (302) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
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pillar
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Glasgow
GR
pillar
type_b
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Clarkston
EVIIIR
pillar
-
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Giffnock
GVIR
-
-
-
Giffnock
-
-
-
-
Clarkston
-
-
-
-
Clarkston
GR
pillar
type_b
-
Giffnock
GR
pillar
-
-
Giffnock
scottish_crown
-
-
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Giffnock
GVIR
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Giffnock
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