Anonymous Postbox (M2 130)
Introduction
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Anonymous Postbox (M2 130)
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 5 Dec 2015
The cylindrical design of pillar boxes arrived in 1879. The early boxes had no royal cipher and are known as 'anonymous' boxes. This oversight was corrected from 1887 so this postbox on Fountain Street Image must date from that period.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.479557
Longitude
-2.242253