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Whats New and Coming soon - June & July 2026
@everyone The end of June and July has already been a busy month on PostboxMap. Here is what is new, what is in beta now, and what is coming next. We have been building Field Mode for spotters who...
Discussion: Hertha Ayrton Way, Portsmouth
Added photos from street view 1 from 2015 includes wall box, and 1 from 2024 which shows wall box not there
Discussion: The Triangle, Bournemouth
Is this pillar box being converted to a digital box?
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This postbox is no longer in use and the picture that has been accepted is not the box in Hanover Buildings, Southampton. The postbox is at the top of a slope by a road. Hope this helps.
Post box thefts in England and Wales
Two people charged with historic post box thefts in Cheshire | ITV News Granada https://share.google/ailkKMmi8TqDMt5l0
Anti Climb Paint
Seems to be painted with anti-climb paint.
Geraint Thomas
Gold Postbox, Cardiff Castle Royal Mail celebrated every gold medal won by a British athlete during the London 2012 Olympic Games by repainting one of their iconic red pillar boxes gold for each...
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Double Pouch box on the rear.
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K Type shows Abbot Eng Paisley on the rear of the base.
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Plaque showing replica details is missing.
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Reproduction with plaque still in place
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Thus us a replacement VR Anonymous low aperture box for one originally siited further down Lexden Rd towards the City which was destroyed in an RTA
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Another upgrade without an official identification plate.
Type D
I think this is the first Type D that's in the wild we've had added! Fantastic!
Olympic Penfolds
Wow! Didn't know they painted any Penfolds gold
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Looks like it may have been an Air Mail box originally, blue showing through and the sign 'holes' on the cap?
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No longer gold?
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Lichen growing golden on the red Udimore post box. Hedgerow flowers in its alcove - Blackthorn blossom and Hawthorn in bud.
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I visited this lovely box the other day and was disappointed that I couldn't get any closer; and to see how it was being used. I shall have to return once the construction is completed!
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Lovely 😍
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This Edward VIII post box is sited outside one of the main entrances to Stanley Park in Blackpool by the junction of West Park Drive and Mawson Drive.
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Love this!
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Looks like that lifting eye isn't quite sturdy enough for a type C 🤔
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This is fun, love the stickers.
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Rare Nigerian box, you can just see the lack of fluting on the cap under the Wallace and Gromet topper.
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Photographed in 2009. Still visible on Street View.
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Conversion to smart box started 10/03/26
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With stamp box
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Looks like on street view back in 2010 this was a pillar box and has since been swapped for a lamp.