pillar box
(UK, Irish) A free-standing item of street furniture in the form of a short, red pillar (green in the Irish Republic) with a slot for posting letters.
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New on the map: a Queen Victoria Anonymous Type A Pillar Box in Kensington & Chelsea, Greater London. View it here: https://postboxmap.co.uk/r/W8-6 #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #QueenVictoria #PillarBox #Anonymou…
Just added: Queen Victoria Type A Pillar Box in Kensington & Chelsea, Greater London. View it here: https://postboxmap.co.uk/r/W11-24D #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #QueenVictoria #PillarBox #TypeA #StandardRed #K…
Just added: Queen Victoria Anonymous Type A Pillar Box in Kensington & Chelsea, Greater London. View it here: https://postboxmap.co.uk/r/W8-21 #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #QueenVictoria #PillarBox #AnonymousType…
A King Edward VII Pillar Box in Metchley, West Midlands is now on the map. View it here: https://postboxmap.co.uk/r/B17-332 #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #KingEdwardVII #PillarBox #StandardRed #Metchley
A Queen Elizabeth II Pillar Box in Prestatyn, Denbighshire. View it here: https://postboxmap.co.uk/r/LL19-77D #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #QueenElizabethII #PillarBox #StandardRed #Prestatyn
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(UK, Irish) A free-standing item of street furniture in the form of a short, red pillar (green in the Irish Republic) with a slot for posting letters.
“New on the map: a Queen Victoria Anonymous Type A Pillar Box in Kensington & Chelsea, Greater London. View it here: https://postboxmap.co.uk/r/W8-6 #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #QueenVictoria #PillarBox #AnonymousTypeA #StandardRed #KensingtonChelsea”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Just added: Queen Victoria Type A Pillar Box in Kensington & Chelsea, Greater London. View it here: https://postboxmap.co.uk/r/W11-24D #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #QueenVictoria #PillarBox #TypeA #StandardRed #KensingtonChelsea”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Just added: Queen Victoria Anonymous Type A Pillar Box in Kensington & Chelsea, Greater London. View it here: https://postboxmap.co.uk/r/W8-21 #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #QueenVictoria #PillarBox #AnonymousTypeA #StandardRed #KensingtonChelsea”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A King Edward VII Pillar Box in Metchley, West Midlands is now on the map. View it here: https://postboxmap.co.uk/r/B17-332 #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #KingEdwardVII #PillarBox #StandardRed #Metchley”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A Queen Elizabeth II Pillar Box in Prestatyn, Denbighshire. View it here: https://postboxmap.co.uk/r/LL19-77D #PostboxMap #UKPostboxes #Postbox #QueenElizabethII #PillarBox #StandardRed #Prestatyn”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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