r/Postboxes

Uxbridge honours Natasha Baker the Equestrian. The re-paint’s a little clumsy and not quite as brightly gleaming a gold as the original.

This has to be the best kept, working, postbox I’ve seen. Over a century of service and looks like new. Tring. 📮

Wonder what this restaurant was in a former life? Tring.

Boxer Anthony Joshua immortalised in Watford, better than the local Elton John mural.

does anyone have any info on why the cypher appears differently on different boxes? is it purely a progression over time or was it to do with different manufacturers? i’m aware it moved from above the aperture to the door around 1905 (think i’ve remembered that correctly).

is there a resource online for learning about the dates these sorts of changes occurred? i’d love to be able to more accurately date boxes i happen upon 🤓

We found a little spider living in the key hole 🥰

Kilburn and leaning toward its mate! Seem to be a few VRs round there.

Spotted this very smart QE2 box with solar panels in Ruislip this week. Poorly positioned, surely?

A box in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin (formerly Collins Barracks and previously Royal Barracks).