2023

NT0077 : Double pillar box

taken 2 years ago, near to Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Double pillar box
Double pillar box
Outside the old post office on High Street, Linlithgow. The pillar box bears the Scottish crown, used for all Elizabeth II post boxes in Scotland. The two apertures are numbered EH49 25 and EH49 225.
Post 1952 postboxes in Scotland

When the late queen acceded to the throne in February 1952, she chose the title Queen Elizabeth II which was reflected in her royal cypher, which took the Latin form 'EIIR'. As was traditional this was applied to newly installed postboxes throughout the UK.
Unfortunately this was to cause problems to some people in Scotland who objected on the grounds that there had never been a Queen Elizabeth I of Scotland. This led to vandalism to those postboxes which bore the new EIIR cypher. One particular example in Edinburgh was subjected to repeated attacks before being blown to pieces less than three months after its unveiling.
It therefore came to pass that any new postbox installed in Scotland from 1953 would bear the Crown of Scotland image rather than the EIIR cypher.
A post box with the EIIR cypher installed in Dunoon by 'error' in 2018 had to be replaced shortly after being discovered. There may however be still some examples in Scotland which bear the EIIR cypher which have yet to be discovered.
Strangely there seems to be no objections to the postboxes bearing the cyphers of Edward VII and Edward VIII on similar grounds.


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Geographical Context: Roads, Road transport Communications Primary Subject: Postbox other tags: Pillar Box Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · High Street [85] · Post Office [11] Other Photos: · Old Post Office Bar · Old Post Office Bar ·
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Richard Sutcliffe   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 10 March, 2023   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 13 March, 2023
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OSGB36: geotagged! NT 0038 7711 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:58.5962N 3:35.8765W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NT 0038 7711
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