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soneil on Feb 21, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Updating Gov.uk’s crown

Related trivia there is that you'll still find some postboxes with royal cypher - usually GR, ER, or VR (George, Edward & Victoria) across Ireland. But painted green.

walthamstow on Feb 21, 2024 [–]

Are they in use by An Post or just disused relics?

soneil on Feb 21, 2024 | [–]

There's apparently some still in use - the oldest still in use is in Kent train station in Cork, which has a 160yo postbox.

They're increasingly rare - which makes sense, given they have to be 100+ years old by definition. But they're out there.

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