Rectangular postbox on Davieland Road
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Rectangular postbox on Davieland Road
Image: © Gordon Brown Taken: 2 Feb 2019
This one is only marked with a royal crown, but no king or queen insignia. Investigation reveals that this is a Royal Mail Type 'G' pillar box. It has no regal name on it because in the 1950s new boxes initially bore the cypher "E II R" but in Scotland Elizabeth was the first queen of that name. After several E II R pillar boxes were blown up it was decided to remove the troublesome cypher.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.790788
Longitude
-4.309227