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Identification Guide, enthusiast reference

Full pattern and subtype reference. This page is intentionally detailed.

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Pillar box

  • Standard cylindrical pillar patterns: Type A, Type B, Type B Nigerian pattern, Type C, Type K
  • Early Victorian: First National Standard, Second National Standard
  • Liverpool Special: Liverpool Special
  • Penfold pillar: Size A, Size B, Size C, Reproduction
  • Fluted pillar: Fluted pillar
  • Anonymous pillar (Type A / B): Anonymous Type A, Anonymous Type B
  • Experimental hexagonal pillar: Experimental hexagonal pillar
  • 1931 oval vending-machine pillars: Type D, Type E
  • Modern engineering pillars: Type G, Type H (Double G)
  • Indoor pillar: Indoor pillar
  • Other non-standard: Other non-standard pillar

Pedestal box

  • Pedestal: Type L, Type M
  • Other non-standard: Other non-standard pedestal

Wall box

  • Early Victorian: First National Standard, Second National Standard
  • Standard cast iron: Type A Wall Box, Type B Wall Box, Type C Wall Box, Type D Wall Box
  • Anonymous pillar (Type A / B): Anonymous wall box
  • Double aperture: Double Aperture Wall Box
  • Other non-standard: Other non-standard wall box

Lamp box

  • Hovis: LB201 (Letters above aperture) – letters above slot, LB202 (Letters Only), LB203 (EviiR Open cipher), LB204 (EviiR Closed cipher, small tablet), LB206 (GR crown and small cipher) – loaf / Hovis-style, LB209 – loaf / Hovis-style, LB210 – loaf / Hovis-style
  • Waggon: LB211 (GvR 1935 Pattern), LB212 (1936 revised 1935 Pattern) – waggon top
  • Tin Lizzie (1940 Pattern): LB213 (1940 Pattern) – 1940 rectangle, LB214 (1952) – 1952 pattern, LB215 (Allied Iron Founders) – Allied foundry, LB216 (Carron Company), LB216 (Carron Company Stirlingshire), LB217 (Carron Company Stirlingshire 1977 pattern), LB218 (Carron Stirlingshire), LB219 (Lion Foundry Kirkintilloch), LB220 (Carronade), LB221 (Machan Scotland), LB222 (Abbott Engineering), LB223 (Machan Scotland, Royal Mail) – modern flat, LB225 (Elizabeth II lamp) – 1940 pattern family
  • Bantam: LB224 (Type N Bantam)
  • New: LB3426 (Stainless steel, RM Manufacturing)
  • Other non-standard: Other non-standard lamp

Ludlow

  • Wall: Size A, Size B
  • Lamp: Size A Lamp, Size B Lamp
  • Other non-standard: Other non-standard Ludlow wall, Other non-standard Ludlow lamp

Business box

  • Modern business: Royal Mail Business Box
  • Other non-standard: Other non-standard business box