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Postboxes in Greenwich

Explore 287 mapped postboxes in Greenwich.

Greenwich currently has 287 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Greenwich include 6 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is GR, recorded on 120 postboxes, representing 41.8% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: GR (120), EIIR (83), GVIR (34), EVIIR (28), VR (16) and no (5). 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 275 mapped examples. The data contains 3 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 11 designs are represented. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 287 mapped postboxes • 6 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: GR (120), EIIR (83), GVIR (34), EVIIR (28), VR (16), no (5) • 3 recorded postbox types • 11 recorded designs • 0 recorded colours • Most common cypher: GR (120 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (275) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
EIIR
pillar
type_k
-
Lee
VR
pillar
type_a
-
Greenwich
GR
pillar
type_a
-
Lee
EVIIR
pillar
type_a
-
Greenwich
EVIIR
pillar
type_b
-
Greenwich
GR
pillar
type_b
-
Greenwich
EIIR
pillar
type_b
-
Woolwich
EVIIR
pillar
type_b
-
Woolwich
VR
pillar
type_a
-
Woolwich
no
pillar
type_b
-
Greenwich
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