"Nigerian" EIIR postbox, Elswick Road (B1600) / Rye Hill
Introduction
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"Nigerian" EIIR postbox, Elswick Road (B1600) / Rye Hill
Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 25 Mar 2022
In the 1970s, the postbox manufacturer Carron was casting a batch of pillar boxes for Nigeria; some of these were made available to the Royal Mail as at the time they had a shortfall in their stock of postboxes. There are two main features that distinguish this type from the "standard" EIIR postbox: (1) rather than the body of the box and the cap being cast separately, they were cast in one piece, and there are no "flutes" on the cap; and (2) the words "NEXT COLLECTION" are on a raised flat projection, rather than being cast on the curved surface - see Image, and Image (photographed by Geographer). The location of this postbox is shown in Image and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
54.970691
Longitude
-1.631629