Key Words :- pillar box

Address :- Thurloe Square, London, Greater London
Grid Ref :- TQ 26961 78972
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.495442 , Long -0.172485
Local Authority :- Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Dates :- c 1883 -

Description and History of Site:-
Carries only maker's name (Handyside) but no Royal cipher. The public were reluctant to trust letters to these boxes and the Secretary of State for the Post Office ordered cessation of their production after four years; one speculated whether omission of the cipher was deliberate to enable mass production for export without complication!

Further Reading and References:-
GLIAS Newsletter 62: http://www.glias.org.uk/news/062news.html#H

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