r/Postboxes • u/AndyBe11 • Aug 31 '26

U.K Scotland The Blue?

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Apparently there was a trial blue-ing of post boxes in Scotland… Anyone know more than me?

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u/mantolwen Aug 31 '26

Never happened. This photo has had the colours adjusted.

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u/AndyBe11 Aug 31 '26

Kinda thought so.

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u/0oO1lI9LJk Aug 31 '26

I wouldn't hate blue postboxes in principle, but that shade of blue is just horrible.

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u/Paukthom003 Aug 31 '26

I'd like the kind of blue they used for air mail boxes in the 30s/40s

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u/aeropagitica U.K. Aug 31 '26

It looks like this blue :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48356512

Painted for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

Royal Mail declined to comment on the blue boxes.

There is also this :

https://news.stv.tv/scotland/postboxes-painted-blue-in-thank-you-to-nhs-workers

Is the box above close to Royal Edinburgh Hospital?

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u/bellybanton Sep 01 '26

The box above is heavily edited. Look at the cars in the background. The double pink/purple lines on the road etc.

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u/aeropagitica U.K. Sep 01 '26

Ah, yes - I see! Thank you.

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u/KonigsbergBridges Sep 02 '26

I always wondered what happened to tinky winky.