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Postboxes in Margate

Explore 95 mapped postboxes in Margate.

Margate currently has 95 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Margate include 6 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is EIIR, recorded on 43 postboxes, representing 45.3% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: EIIR (43), GR (26), EVIIR (9), VR (9), GVIR (5) and crown (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 54 mapped examples. The data contains 3 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 5 designs and 1 colour are represented. The most frequently recorded colour is Red, appearing on 11 mapped postboxes. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 95 mapped postboxes • 6 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: EIIR (43), GR (26), EVIIR (9), VR (9), GVIR (5), crown (1) • 3 recorded postbox types • 5 recorded designs • 1 recorded colour • Most common cypher: EIIR (43 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (54) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
EVIIR
pillar
type_b
-
Westgate-on-Sea
GR
pillar
-
-
Westgate-on-Sea
VR
pillar
type_b
-
Westgate-on-Sea
EIIR
wall
-
-
Westgate-on-Sea
| mounting = brick_pillar
GVIR
pillar
type_b
-
Minnis Bay
EIIR
lamp
-
-
Minnis Bay
| mounting = wooden_post
EIIR
-
-
-
Margate
GR
pillar
-
-
Margate
GR
-
-
red
Margate
VR
-
-
-
Margate
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