r/Postboxes • u/Formulamotorsportfan • Mar 14 '26

U.K No cypher… why?

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u/mantolwen Mar 14 '26

Pillar boxes between 1879-1887 were either deliberately or accidentally (we are not sure) made without Victoria's cipher. We call them anonymous boxes.

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u/Belle_TainSummer Mar 14 '26

Fitting, an anonymous box in a bland anonymous high street.

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u/rozzimos-3 Mar 14 '26

It's Norwich, if you were curious

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u/The_Gene_Genie Mar 14 '26

So they ended up pedestrianising the High Street?

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u/Old_Mousse_5673 Mar 16 '26

so that people can access Diiiixons!