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Postboxes in Portsmouth

Explore 241 mapped postboxes in Portsmouth.

Portsmouth currently has 241 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Portsmouth include 6 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is EIIR, recorded on 134 postboxes, representing 55.6% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: EIIR (134), GR (56), GVIR (20), EVIIR (12), VR (9) 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 206 mapped examples. The data contains 5 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 10 designs and 1 colour are represented. The most frequently recorded colour is Red, appearing on 3 mapped postboxes. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 241 mapped postboxes • 6 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: EIIR (134), GR (56), GVIR (20), EVIIR (12), VR (9), no (5) • 5 recorded postbox types • 10 recorded designs • 1 recorded colour • Most common cypher: EIIR (134 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (206) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
EIIR
pillar
-
-
Tipner
GR
pillar
type_b
-
Fareham
EIIR
lamp
-
-
Fareham
GR
pillar
-
-
Tipner
GVIR
wall
-
-
Tipner
EIIR
pillar
-
-
Southwick
EIIR
wall
-
-
Fareham
VR
pillar
-
-
Portsmouth
EVIIR
pillar
-
-
Portsmouth
EIIR
pillar
-
-
Portsmouth
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