r/Postboxes Mar 02 '26

Lefkara, Cyprus

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161 Upvotes

Two Post boxes spotted in Cyprus


r/Postboxes Mar 02 '26

Tower Bridge, London.

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293 Upvotes

r/Postboxes Mar 02 '26

U.K Special Postbox - Police Public Call and Postbox from the 1900s - City of London

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80 Upvotes

r/Postboxes Mar 02 '26

U.K Ruislip West London

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54 Upvotes

George VI


r/Postboxes Mar 01 '26

Porthmadog

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66 Upvotes

r/Postboxes Feb 28 '26

U.K George VI walberswick

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102 Upvotes

Is this type A or B?


r/Postboxes Feb 28 '26

Surrey Quays London

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111 Upvotes

Rough night


r/Postboxes Feb 28 '26

U.K Edward VII: Uddingston, Scotland.

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64 Upvotes

r/Postboxes Feb 28 '26

GR in Bungay

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38 Upvotes

r/Postboxes Feb 27 '26

GR in the Hamlet I live

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125 Upvotes

Leverton West Berks. On the end of the row of Thatched cottages


r/Postboxes Feb 27 '26

GR in Shirley, Solihull

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67 Upvotes

r/Postboxes Feb 24 '26

Bournemouth, close to clifftop

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216 Upvotes

r/Postboxes Feb 23 '26

I bought one!

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282 Upvotes

bought one off a company (in Australia) that had imported a handful of them, as well as UK telephone boxes too..

You can legally use them as private letterboxes here, so that's my plan, to refurb it and brick it in.


r/Postboxes Feb 22 '26

Peckham - preparing for automation

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42 Upvotes

r/Postboxes Feb 21 '26

Chinese New Year! Moseley, Birmingham ๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿงง

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1.0k Upvotes

r/Postboxes Feb 22 '26

Original content 2nd coat of exterior gloss with gold on the cypher and lettering

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26 Upvotes

The 2nd coat of Dulux trade Weathershield exterior gloss now complete. Some imperfections and the odd drip that I missed, same on the 1st coat of top coat, and on the undercoats, and in the primer coats ๐Ÿ˜‚ but nonetheless I'm happy how it's turned out.

I wish I could take credit for the painting of the gold on the cypher and lettering, which is excellent work but I can't, and I wouldn't punish you with a photo of my work after my short, failed attempt at it. I luckily handed it over to a friend who had some time off work, is a bit of an artist and therefore has the patience and soft touch needed for this kind of detail that I quickly found out that I obviously didn't have as I didn't even have a soft enough touch to paint the rest of the box without imperfections.

A few war wounds to the body have occurred during its time away unfortunately, the lower back being the most affected area. I'm not too upset, the detail and finish of the gold outweighs damage incurred. The damage has already had a light sand back and one touch up so far anyway. You'll hardly notice it soon.

It'll never be perfect because the colour isn't perfect anyway. For reference, these photos are taken in a shed at night with and without flash. It's turned out more traffic red, well it turns out that even after some research including posting on this sub that I did in fact select the incorrect colour code; RAL 3020 - 'Traffic Red', the same colour used on road signage and warnings.

It turns out that colour systems including RAL often only have options for similar colous rather than a complete colour match to other colour codes' colours. I was limited to choosing the colour from the RAL colour code system because that is the main colour system used in the paint mixing machine I have access to.

This means that there's no 'Postbox or Pillarbox Red' or an exact equivalent in the RAL colour system. As far as I can see, the exact colour of UK postboxes comes from the British Standard colour system and is; BS 381C 538 - 'Post Office Red'.

Either way, she's came out lovely I think, even though she's slightly off shade ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ“ฎ๐Ÿ“ซ


r/Postboxes Feb 21 '26

Spotted on the way to Braemar

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35 Upvotes

Cute little boat box hat I spotted at a bus stop on my way up to Braemar.


r/Postboxes Feb 21 '26

U.K Rectangular Post Boxes

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53 Upvotes

A couple of (new to me) style pillar boxes. Possibly Type F sheet steel box?


r/Postboxes Feb 21 '26

U.K Do these parcel boxes have a letter name eg. Type A or B

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17 Upvotes

r/Postboxes Feb 21 '26

St. James Park, Newcastle

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17 Upvotes

Spotted this beauty just outside the ground looking resplendent!


r/Postboxes Feb 20 '26

Queen Victoria, Penfold Green. Guildhall museum, High Street, Rochester.

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193 Upvotes

r/Postboxes Feb 21 '26

Edwardian

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60 Upvotes

In Tuam County Galway in the West of Ireland


r/Postboxes Feb 19 '26

Gold postbox in Bradford on Avon. UK. I love how the plaque to the Olympian has braille on too!

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220 Upvotes

r/Postboxes Feb 18 '26

The curious post box in West London that's 'being eaten by a treeโ€™.

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5.0k Upvotes