I have visited wales during the summer break, snowdonia was my main destination, at Dolgoch Falls (à waterfall in wales) I saw a black postbox with the Irish cypher, I have no idea how it got their but coincidentally thepistboxgirl, a fellow postbox enthusiast has also posted on it. I will continue to do research on it and if anyone knows how it got there, I would love to know
I just wanted to leave a quick note of appreciation after stumbling across this amazing wee website.
I became interested in post boxes fairly recently after noticing all the different ciphers and designs that exist near me - and fell down a bit of a rabbit hole! I had no idea there was such a dedicated (but mighty!) community of people that share the same interest, and that's been a joy to discover.
I was on the hunt for a map that does exactly what yours does - tracks post boxes with the relevant data for hobbyists.So I wanted to leave a big "thank you" for making it a reality, and acknowledge the huge amount of work that must have gone into that.
Post boxes are an iconic and instantly recognisable part of Britain's history and cultural identity - but most of us take their existence for granted. That's understandable - it's a niche interest area - but we'd all notice and sorely miss them if they disappeared.
It's people like you that keep interest in their existence and preservation alive :)
I'll definitely be using this to help with my own explorations, and I hope you continue to progress with it! All your hard word and dedication is very much appreciated - even if we're a relatively small group of hobbyists.
Thanks again!
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the postbox hunter
Aug 02
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yet again this is the postbox hunter but on a different account,
your message is greatly appreciated if you jeed any help with your journey I will happily help, its good to see that I am not the only postbox enthusiast:)
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Raphael Vignon
Jun 03
hello this is Raphael but on a different account, does anyone has anymore ideas for more postbox games
A massive thank you to Ivan (Dunkaist), an OSM contributor, who pointed out a mistake with type e and d. The mistake has been fixed. Without Ivan we likely would have never realised. Thank you
type_e: Elliptic cylinder shaped freestanding pillar box with one slot for mail at one end and a stamp vending machine at the other. The type E is smaller than the type D and can be distinguished from the type D by the words "Post" and "Office" being on two lines under the royal cypher on the type E.
type_d:Elliptic cylinder shaped freestanding pillar box with one slot for mail at one end and a stamp vending machine at the other. The type D is larger than the type E and can be distinguished from the type E by the words "Post Office" being on one line under the royal cypher on the type D.
Hello I am giving a quick update,
I have visited wales during the summer break, snowdonia was my main destination, at Dolgoch Falls (à waterfall in wales) I saw a black postbox with the Irish cypher, I have no idea how it got their but coincidentally thepistboxgirl, a fellow postbox enthusiast has also posted on it. I will continue to do research on it and if anyone knows how it got there, I would love to know
I just wanted to leave a quick note of appreciation after stumbling across this amazing wee website.
I became interested in post boxes fairly recently after noticing all the different ciphers and designs that exist near me - and fell down a bit of a rabbit hole! I had no idea there was such a dedicated (but mighty!) community of people that share the same interest, and that's been a joy to discover.
I was on the hunt for a map that does exactly what yours does - tracks post boxes with the relevant data for hobbyists. So I wanted to leave a big "thank you" for making it a reality, and acknowledge the huge amount of work that must have gone into that.
Post boxes are an iconic and instantly recognisable part of Britain's history and cultural identity - but most of us take their existence for granted. That's understandable - it's a niche interest area - but we'd all notice and sorely miss them if they disappeared.
It's people like you that keep interest in their existence and preservation alive :)
I'll definitely be using this to help with my own explorations, and I hope you continue to progress with it! All your hard word and dedication is very much appreciated - even if we're a relatively small group of hobbyists.
Thanks again!
hello this is Raphael but on a different account, does anyone has anymore ideas for more postbox games
A massive thank you to Ivan (Dunkaist), an OSM contributor, who pointed out a mistake with type e and d. The mistake has been fixed. Without Ivan we likely would have never realised. Thank you
Difference between type_e and type_d is very subtle and I can now see details updated on this in https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:post_box:design.
Here is the extract:
type_e: Elliptic cylinder shaped freestanding pillar box with one slot for mail at one end and a stamp vending machine at the other. The type E is smaller than the type D and can be distinguished from the type D by the words "Post" and "Office" being on two lines under the royal cypher on the type E.
type_d:Elliptic cylinder shaped freestanding pillar box with one slot for mail at one end and a stamp vending machine at the other. The type D is larger than the type E and can be distinguished from the type E by the words "Post Office" being on one line under the royal cypher on the type D.
Happy Halloween!
does anyone know if King Charles will make a new type of postbox. We have his new cypher but what about type and design!
That's amazing! Keep going I want to see them all :)
my bestie made the website