Pillar boxes
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Pillar boxes by kim traynor as part of the Geograph project.
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Pillar boxes
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 20 May 2009
Tucked away behind a Post Office building on the western outskirts of Edinburgh is this collection of period pillar boxes from the reigns of various monarchs. Following the coronation of Elizabeth II, the ERII numerals on the first pillar boxes of her reign proved highly controversial in Scotland where, owing to the continuing legal existence of the Scottish kingdom, she was regarded historically as Elizabeth I. The contents of some boxes were set ablaze in protest and a new pillar box installed at the Inch in Edinburgh was blown to bits by gelignite. Now, with the exception of Military Police vehicles operating from Redford Barracks, the royal cipher appears without a numeral on police and postal insignia north of the Border.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.923546
Longitude
-3.303848