Shared description

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.
by JThomas

Created: Sun, 3 Oct 2021, Updated: Sun, 6 Oct 2024


333 images use this description. Preview sample shown below:

NO2522 : Elizabethan postbox on High Street, Errol by JThomas
2021
NT5812 : Postbox on the A6088, Bonchester Bridge by JThomas
2021
NS8660 : Postbox on Shottskirk Road, Shotts by JThomas
2021
NS7260 : Postbox on Gartcosh Walk, Belshill by JThomas
2021
NO4033 : Elizabethan postbox on Balgowan Avenue, Dundee by JThomas
2021
NS5964 : Elizabethan postbox on Ballater Street, Glasgow by JThomas
2021
NY2366 : Elizabethan postbox on the B721, Dornock by JThomas
2019
NS7064 : Elizabethan postbox on Oakridge Road, Coatbridge by JThomas
2017
NT5738 : Elizabethan postbox on High Street, Earlston by JThomas
2017
NT2673 : Double aperture Elizabethan postbox on Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 by JThomas
2017
NT5135 : Elizabethan postbox on the B6374, Easter Langlee by JThomas
2017
NT7146 : Elizabethan postbox on The Square, Greenlaw by JThomas
2017
NS8883 : Elizabethan postbox on Burnside Place, Carronshore by JThomas
2017
NT4637 : Elizabethan postbox on the A72, Torwoodlee by JThomas
2017
NS7578 : Close up, Elizabethan postbox on the A803, Kelvinhead by JThomas
2017
NT0484 : Elizabethan postbox and telephone box, Crombie by JThomas
2017
NC9711 : Elizabethan postbox, Lothmore by JThomas
2016
ND1968 : Close up, Elizabethan postbox on Main Street, Castletown by JThomas
2016
ND2059 : Elizabethan postbox, Corsback by JThomas
2016
ND3651 : Close up, Elizabethan postbox, Wick Post Office (right) by JThomas
2016
ND3472 : Elizabethan postbox, Canisbay by JThomas
2016
NT8741 : Elizabethan postbox and telephone box on the A698, Donaldson's Lodge by JThomas
2016
ND2273 : Elizabethan postbox, Brough by JThomas
2016
ND3573 : Close up, Elizabethan postbox, Huna by JThomas
2016
TM5386 : Close up, Elizabethan postbox on Rider Haggard Lane, Kessingland by JThomas
2016

... and 308 more images.

Shared descriptions

This shared description

The 'Shared Description' text on this page is © copyright 2021 JThomas.

Shared descriptions are specifically licensed so that contributors can reuse them on their own images, without restriction.

About shared descriptions

These Shared Descriptions are common to multiple images.

For example, you can create a generic description for an object shown in a photo, and reuse the description on all photos of the object. All descriptions are public and shared between contributors, i.e. you can reuse a description created by others, just as they can use yours.

Explore images

View images using "Post 1952 postboxes in Scotland" Shared Descriptions

View images using just this shared description

There are multiple descriptions with the same title

View images mentioning the words [Post 1952 postboxes in Scotland] anywhere in text

Other shared descriptions

Others with same title

Related descriptions

The above selections are automatic and approximate, it might not always select closely matching descriptions


You are not logged in | login | register