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Postboxes in Sheffield

Explore 585 mapped postboxes in Sheffield.

Sheffield currently has 585 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Sheffield include 8 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is EIIR, recorded on 334 postboxes, representing 57.1% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: EIIR (334), GR (104), GVIR (34), no (22), EVIIR (18), VR (15), EVIIIR (3) and scottish_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 386 mapped examples. The data contains 5 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 11 designs and 2 colours are represented. The most frequently recorded colour is Red, appearing on 2 mapped postboxes. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 585 mapped postboxes • 8 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: EIIR (334), GR (104), GVIR (34), no (22), EVIIR (18), VR (15), EVIIIR (3), scottish_crown (1) • 5 recorded postbox types • 11 recorded designs • 2 recorded colours • Most common cypher: EIIR (334 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (386) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
GR
pillar
type_b
-
Sheffield
EIIR
pillar
-
-
Sheffield
EIIR
lamp
-
-
Sheffield
EVIIR
pillar
-
-
Sheffield
EIIR
pillar
type_k
-
Sheffield
EIIR
pillar
type_a
-
Storrs
EIIR
pillar
type_a
-
Sheffield
EIIR
pillar
-
-
Storrs
EVIIR
pillar
-
-
Sheffield
GR
pillar
-
-
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