Edwardian Post Boxes
Edward VII reigned for only 9 years but the postal network was still expanding and some very interesting boxes exist. The earliest Edwardian boxes were modified from the last Victorian designs, but midway through the reign the elaborate scroll cipher of Edward VII began to appear on post boxes. As the network grew, more boxes appeared in country areas such as this attractive lamp-post mounted example. The small wall box would have been found in towns and in the wall of smaller sub-postoffices. A version which opens at the back, was also made to allow the Postmaster to empty it from inside the shop.
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King Edward VII 1901 – 1910 E7R wall box, 1900s, Kent. Robert Cole E7R wall box, 1900s, Sussex. Ray Smith E7R cipher, Robert Cole E7R wall box cipher, 1900s. Robert Cole E7R pillar box with Post Office Direction sign, 1900s, London. Robert Cole E7R lamp box, 1900s. Robert Cole E7R lamp box. 'Builth Wells has the distinction of having the only post box in the United Kingdom bearing the cypher of King Edward VIII, the uncrowned king whose abdication in 1936 caused a constitutional crisis.' The source being Wikipedia. I should edit it, but perhaps it's a third Ludlow type!
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Edward VII second style pillar box by McDowell Steven & Co with short door (PB20) | W T AllenC size wall box with Tudor Crown block cipher (WB95) | Post mounted Edward VII lamp box with 'closed' cipher. (LB203) |
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