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'When you realise that happiness springs only from post boxes, you will learn both peace and joy' Daily Lama. For your daily slice of post box visit https://nailseapillarboxes.blogspot.com/ #postboxsaturday #benchmarkmonday

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A red pillar box, left, stands on a street in front of a low brick wall. Behind is the neo-gothic Aberdare Hall, a student hall of residence.

A red pillar box, left, stands on a street in front of a low brick wall. Behind is the neo-gothic Aberdare Hall, a student hall of residence.

This be-stickered GR pillar box stands in front of WD CarΓΆe's neo-gothic Aberdare Hall, Cardiff.
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14.03.2026 08:50 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two red pillar boxes, centre, across a street with a painted 'keep clear' sign partially obscured by a parked car. Centre left a down pipe from a roof gutter runs at an interesting angle, presumably to avoid snagging the shop front steel shutter, left.

Two red pillar boxes, centre, across a street with a painted 'keep clear' sign partially obscured by a parked car. Centre left a down pipe from a roof gutter runs at an interesting angle, presumably to avoid snagging the shop front steel shutter, left.

Twin EiiR pillar boxes, the nearer one converted for solar power. Meanwhile to the left, a rainwater downpipe runs at jaunty angle across a wall. Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.
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07.03.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A tile roofed bus shelter with parish notices and half-barrel planters, bus stop sign on the left and postbox on the right

A tile roofed bus shelter with parish notices and half-barrel planters, bus stop sign on the left and postbox on the right

A CiiiR lamp box stands brightly beside a rather gloomy tile roofed bus shelter in Lower Langford, North Somerset.
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28.02.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Yes, it's the buildings behind that are Georgian not the post box which, as you say, is Victorian.

21.02.2026 11:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A red pillar box on a paved footpath, a street with parked vehicles behind it and a Georgian terrace on the far side of the street.

A red pillar box on a paved footpath, a street with parked vehicles behind it and a Georgian terrace on the far side of the street.

The penfold pillar box at the eastern end of Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, with sunshine lighting up the Georgian terrace behind.
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21.02.2026 07:56 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A red lamp box on a post on a green verge, with a street and houses in the background

A red lamp box on a post on a green verge, with a street and houses in the background

This EiiR lamp box can be found on Love Lane, Burnham-on-Sea - perhaps an appropriate location for today's date.
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14.02.2026 07:29 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A red pillar box in the foreground with a side-on view of the Redland Library building behind under a bright blue sky

A red pillar box in the foreground with a side-on view of the Redland Library building behind under a bright blue sky

A bit of a squeeze between some railings and the back of this type k post box in order to include the Redland Library building ('1885 Bristol Free Library Redland Branch' on the gable end) in the photograph.
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07.02.2026 09:19 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Two red post boxes standing on the pedestrian pavement in the foreground, with moving traffic behind and a yellow Thrift Store shop front on the far side of the road.

Two red post boxes standing on the pedestrian pavement in the foreground, with moving traffic behind and a yellow Thrift Store shop front on the far side of the road.

Two type k pillar boxes half way up Bristol's Park Street. Once there must have been a high volume of letter-posting here - there are two double aperture type c boxes within 200 meters of this handsome pair.
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31.01.2026 07:53 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A tree growing around a VR pillar box

A tree growing around a VR pillar box

Hysbysiad Gwsmeriaid
Yn anffodus, mae’r Post Brenhinol wedi gorfod gwneud y blwch postio hwn yn anweithredol am nad yw twf y goeden a r ffaith fod y palmant wedi codi bellach yn ei wneud yn ddiogel l gasglu post o’r blwch hwn.
Y Rhath, Caerdydd
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24.01.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A postbox, centre, set against a foreground of short green grass, a blush brown midground of tall grasses, and pale blue sky.

A postbox, centre, set against a foreground of short green grass, a blush brown midground of tall grasses, and pale blue sky.

A 'diabolical' lamp box (number BS20 666D) stands amidst vaguely Rothko-esque fields of colour. Portishead, North Somerset.
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17.01.2026 07:26 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A 'hovis' lamp box in a beech hedge

A 'hovis' lamp box in a beech hedge

A worn but functional GR 'hovis' lamp box in a hedge in deepest Barrow Gurney (home of brother Ernie in 'Drink Up Thy Zider'), North Somerset.
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10.01.2026 08:19 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Victorian postbox, centre, In front of the Victorian-built Weston-super-Mare town hall.

Victorian postbox, centre, In front of the Victorian-built Weston-super-Mare town hall.

A Victorian pillar box, missing its collection plate, in Weston-super-Mare. Behind is the town hall, built in a 'vaguely Italianate style' (Weston Mercury).
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03.01.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An 'anonymous' pillar box, with no royal cipher, with the eastern tower of the Clifton Suspension Bridge in the background.

An 'anonymous' pillar box, with no royal cipher, with the eastern tower of the Clifton Suspension Bridge in the background.

An 'anonymous' pillar box on the Bristol side of the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
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27.12.2025 12:28 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Rural bus stop, post box, parish noticeboard, bench and pole with Christmas decorations.

Rural bus stop, post box, parish noticeboard, bench and pole with Christmas decorations.

A type M post box among street furniture with Christmas decorations. Walton Bay, North Somerset.
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20.12.2025 07:29 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A red EIIR pillar box in front of Bristol Central Library

A red EIIR pillar box in front of Bristol Central Library

EIIR pillar box in front of Charles Holden's 'extremely pretty' (Pevsner) Bristol Central Library.
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13.12.2025 07:45 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An ashlar niche in a rubble wall containing a letter box with GVIR cipher.

An ashlar niche in a rubble wall containing a letter box with GVIR cipher.

This George VI wall box shelters from the weather in a shallow ashlar niche under an ogee arch. Clevedon, North Somerset.
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06.12.2025 07:24 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
View south west down the railway line from Yatton station platform 2. VR wall box on the right.

View south west down the railway line from Yatton station platform 2. VR wall box on the right.

A nice Victorian wall box on the northbound platform at Yatton railway station.
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29.11.2025 07:58 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Victorian wall-mounted post box to the right of the stone obelisks at the entrance to Cotham Park

A Victorian wall-mounted post box to the right of the stone obelisks at the entrance to Cotham Park

A Victorian wall box by BP Walker's Eagle Foundry near the stone obelisks marking the entrance to Cotham Park, Bristol.
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22.11.2025 09:08 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Victorian Pillar Box, one of three at the Somerset side of Clifton Suspension Bridge

A Victorian Pillar Box, one of three at the Somerset side of Clifton Suspension Bridge

Victorian pillar box, one of three on the Somerset side of Clifton Suspension Bridge
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15.11.2025 06:09 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0