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Postboxes in Manchester

Explore 205 mapped postboxes in Manchester.

Manchester currently has 205 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Manchester include 7 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is EIIR, recorded on 54 postboxes, representing 26.3% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: EIIR (54), GR (31), VR (29), EVIIR (24), GVIR (10), no (7) and yes (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 136 mapped examples. The data contains 5 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 11 designs and 4 colours are represented. The most frequently recorded colour is Blue, appearing on 2 mapped postboxes. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 205 mapped postboxes • 7 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: EIIR (54), GR (31), VR (29), EVIIR (24), GVIR (10), no (7), yes (1) • 5 recorded postbox types • 11 recorded designs • 4 recorded colours • Most common cypher: EIIR (54 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (136) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
VR
-
-
-
Manchester
GVIR
pillar
type_b
-
Gatley
GR
pillar
-
-
Gatley
-
-
-
-
Cheadle
VR
pillar
type_b
-
Manchester
-
-
-
-
Manchester
EIIR
pillar
-
-
Gatley
EVIIR
-
-
-
Gatley
EVIIR
pillar
type_b
-
Gatley
EIIR
pillar
-
-
Gatley
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