Collection
Post Box Listing
Colne Valley Postal History Museum Collection
Correct to 1st June 2015 (update this note when the list changes)
This list is regularly updated as new items are added to the collection. The numbers at the beginning of each listing are Letter Box Study Group designations.
BPW: Bernard P Walker, Eagle Foundry Birmingham
McD S: McDowell Stevenson, Falkirk
RoMEC: Royal Mail Engineering Contracts Ltd
AIF: Allied Iron Founders Ltd, Derby
Ludlow: James Ludlow & Son, Birmingham
Jana: Jana Industries / Post Box Concepts Ltd
Abbot: Abbott Engineering, Scotland
Machan: Machan Engineering, Scotland
Handyside: A. Handyside & Co Ltd, Derby
Showing all 126 entries.
| Type | Date & Reign | Use | Source | Maker | Collection Plate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PB6/4 | 1866 VR | Penfold | Inkpen PHM | Machan | Abercrombie Square | Replica |
| PB11/1 | 1879 VR | Pillar B | Furnace End Fires | Handyside | HighSt 7 | EX-W053 Anston Ave, Sheffeild |
| PB15/2 | 1867 VR | Pillar B | George Corner Coll Handyside | Grosvenor Place 449 | Ex-Batley | |
| PB20 | 1905 E7R | Pillar B | Stuart Churcher | McDS | Upper Warwick St 76 | Ex- Southampton |
| PB27/2 | 1910 GR | Pillar B | L Rudolph | McDS | Railway Station | Ex-Yeovil |
| PB29 | 1932 GR | Piller D | RM London SW | Derby Castings | Pier Ave 18 | Ex-Fulham Palace Rd |
| PB33 | 1936 ESR | Pillar B | Inkpen PHM | Machan | Thornton TSO 665 | Replica door |
| PB35/1 | 1938 GviR | Pillar B | RM Halstead | Carron | Carrfield Ave | Ex- White Horse Ave |
| PB42/2 | 1966 E2R | Pillar B | RM Halstead | Carron | Guernsey | Ex- Trinity St |
| PB45 | 1974 E2R | Pillar G | RM Store | Carron | Colchester | Door & mech only |
| PB48/6 | 1980 E2R | Pillar K | Clarkes scrapyard | Machan | Halstead #123 | Ex-Cambridge |
| PB51/2 | 1990 E2R | Pedestal | RM Halstead | Jana | Little Maplestead | Ex-Little Maplestead |
| PB51/3 | 1986 E2R | Pedastal | RM Colchester | Jana | Halstead Box #80 | Ex-Broton Drive |
| PB57 | 1995 E2R | Pedestal L | RM Cambridge | Machan | Llangollen | Ex- Cambridge |
| PB58/3 | 2000 E2R | Pillar | RM Store | Broadwater | HalsteadBox27 | Ex-Chelmsford |
| PB60/1 | 2003 E2R | Garage | RM Halstead | RoMEC | Halstead Box #83 | Ex-Sible Hedingham |
| WB75/1 | 1859 VR | Wall No.2 | Ex-Bill Sait | Smith & Hawkes | Pikes Hill | 2nd National Standard |
| WB77 | 1861 VR | Wall No.1 | Ex-Bill Sait | Smith & Hawkes | Mill Hill Rd 3 | Ex-Hampshire |
| WB78 | 1861 VR | Wall No.2 | P Rahman | Smith & Hawkes | Klneton | Ex-Mansfield |
| WB82/1 | 1874 VR | Wall B | Stafford Railwayana | Smith & Hawkes | Butlins Holiday Camp | Ex-Swindon |
| WB82/5 | 1881 GR(VR) | Wall B | RM Store | BPW Eagle Co | Mlllhouse SO | Ex-Wrexham |
| WB83/1 | 1871 VR | Wall C | Arthur Hunt | Smith & Hawkes | Netheravon Village | Ex-Broadsay Hill |
| WB83/2 | 1874 VR | Wall C | Bill Salt /A Hunt | Bernard P Walker | Tedburn St Mary Church | Ex-Portsmouth |
| WB83/5 | 1881 VR | Wall C | UKAA | Eagle Range & Foundry | Bourne Grove 18 | |
| WB84/1 | 1881 VR | Wall A | RM Store | WT Allen | Ben Johnson Rd 28 | Ex-Bishopsgate Box 226 |
| WB85/1 | 1881 VR | Wall B | Ebay | WT Allen | 426 Wulfstan Way | Ex-London (via Saxmundham) |
| WB85/2 | 1886 VR | Wall B | Ex-Bill Salt | WT Allen | Udimore Rd 82 | Ex-Portsmouth |
| WB86/2 | 1881 VR | Wall C | Neston | WT Allen | Kennett 49 | Ex-Swindon |
| WB87/1 | 1882 VR | Wall C | Ebay | WT Allen | Bryn Howell 61 | Composite, Ex-Chester |
| WB87/2 | 1886 VR | Wall C | Southwold | W T Allen | Station Rd 142 | Ex-Southwold Railway Station |
| WB87/2MA | 1886 VR | Wall C | Neston | W T Allen | Pillaton 164 | Ex-Devizes |
| WB89/3 | 1902 E7R | WallB | RM Store | WT Allen | Sea Lane North Hunstanton | Ex-Liverpool 6 |
| WB90/1 | 1902 E7R | Wall C | Ross Courtier | WT Allen | Elm Road 33 | Ex-Antrim |
| WB92 | 1905 E7R | Wall A | Ex-Bill Salt | WT Allen | Butlins Holiday Camp | |
| WB93 | 1905 E7R | Wall B | D Feltham | WT Allen | NewSawleyTSO22 | Ex-Nottingham |
| WB94 | 1905 E7R | Wall C | loW PHM | WT Allen | Brighton Tee 36 | Ex-Rol |
| WB96 | 1910 GR | Wall A | Cambridge RM | W T Allen | Central Station Down | Ex-Trinity St PO |
| WB97 | 1910 GR | Wall B | RM Store | W T Allen | Kesgrave Hall 256 | Ex-Chester |
| WB98/1 | 1910 GR | Wall C | Sewell | WT Allen | Row Heath 113 | Ex-Gt. Maplestead |
| WB98/2 | 1910 GR | Wall C | Arthur Reeder | WT Allen | Ex-Chichester | |
| WB100/1 | 1910 GR | Wall E | Radlett | WT Allen | NoCP | Midlands |
| WB101/1 | 1910 GR | Wall F | Arthur Hunt | WT Allen | NoCP | West Country |
| WB103/1 | 1930 GR | Wall B | RM Store | A Handyside | Morns Hill 426 | Ex-Birkenhead Soerton Rd |
| WB103/2 | 1932 GR | Wall B | Ebay Manchester | Derby Castings | TBA | |
| WB103/4 | 1936 GR | Wall B | RM Store | WT Allen | Pentre Dhu | Ex-Llangollen |
| WB103/4 | 1936 GR | Wall B | RM Store | WT Allen | Air Mail Box | Box 13 Faringdon |
| WB104 | 1931 GR | Wall C | Greg Leary | WT Allen | Chirk Bank | "Bulging Crown" |
| WB105/3 | 1930 GR | Wall D | RM Store | McD Steven | NoCP | |
| WB106/1 | 1931 GR | Wall E | RM Store | A Handyside | NoCP | Ex-Chester |
| WB106/2 | 1932 GR | Wall E | RM Store | Derby Castings | NoCP | Ex-Chester |
| WB106/4 | 1936 GR | Wall E | RM Cambridge | WT Allen | Longmoor Down 65 | Ex-Over PO, UCP added |
| WB109 | 1937 GviR | Wall A | Ex-lnkpen Museum | McDowell Steven | Heartsease TSO | |
| WB110 | 1937 GviR | Wall B | Neston | Carron | Cherry Tree Ave 145 | Ex-Swindon |
| WB112 | 1937 GviR | Wall E | RM Store | WT Allen | NoCP | |
| WB113 | 1952 E2R | Wall A | RM Northampton | WT Allen | Wimpson TSO 424 | Ex-Northampton |
| WB114/3 | 1957 E2R | Wall A | RM Store | Allied I F | Jersey Cl | |
| WB114/4 | 1957 E2R | Wall A | Ex-lnkpen Museum | Lion Foundry | Lisburn Nl | |
| WB115/1 | 1952 E2R | Wall B | LBSG Newsletter | WT Allen | Queensway | &Co box |
| WB115/3 | 1955 E2R | Wall B | RM Cambridge | WT Allen | Park Rd 124 | Ex-Church End Cherry Hint( |
| WB116/2 | 1965 E2R | Wall B | RM store | WT Allen | Paddington Green | 10- aperture |
| WB116/3 | 1965 E2R | Wall B | Murrow | Carron | Vista Rd 40 | Ex Gunthorpe |
| WB119/1 | 1952 E2R | Wall E | RM Cambridge | WT Allen | NoCP | Ex-Newmarket |
| WB120/3 | 1957 E2R | Wall E | RM Colchestrer | Carron | NoCP | Ex-Cavendish SPO |
| WB121 | 1982 E2R | FDC wall | Furnace End Fires | Colourcast | NoCP | |
| LWB152/2 | 1887 VR | Ludlow | Dave Feltham | Eagle Range & Fdry | Edinburgh | Ex-Mansfield |
| LWB155/1 | 1910 GR | Ludlow | Ebay/Tewkesbuty | Ludlow | TBA | Ex-Tewkesbury SO |
| LWB155/2 | 1910 GR | Ludlow | Waterside | Ludlow | Medina TSO 16 | NA |
| LWB157/2 | 1937 G6R | Ludlow | RM Colchester | Ludlow | NoCP | Ex- Coggeshall SPO |
| LWB158/2X | 1952 E2R | Ludlow | Ebay Silver End | Ludlow/Carpenter | N/A | Ex- Kelvedon SPO |
| LWB 160/1 | 1954 E2R | Ludlow | RM Colchester | Ludlow | Little Clacton SO | Ex-Wivenhoe Cross SPO |
| LWB160/2 | 1954 E2R | Ludlow | Greg Leary | Ludlow | NoCP | Crewe area |
| LWB161/2 | 1954 EsR | Ludlow | Composite | Ludlow | NoCP | NA |
| LWB163/1 | 1885 VR | Ludlow | Ebay/Buxton | Cole | London Rd | Ex-Buxton |
| LWB164/1 | 1905 E7R | Ludlow | Neston | Ludlow | East Boldre PO | Ex-Compton Abbas |
| LWB165/4 | 1910 GR | Ludlow | Composite | Ludlow | NoCP | NA |
| LWB166/2 | 1925 GR | Ludlow | Ebay | Ludlow | NoCP | Ex-Thirsk |
| LWB167/2 | 1936 E8R | Ludlow | Ebay | Ludlow | NoCP | Composite ex-Norwich doors |
| LWB170/1 | 1936 G6R | Ludlow | Neston | Ludlow | NoCP | Ex-Marlborough |
| LWB172/2 | 1952 E2R | Ludlow | Composite | Ludlow | NoCP | c/w enamel plate |
| LWB173/2 | 1955 E2R | Ludlow | P Rahman | Ludlow | NoCP | ex-Thirkilby, Yorks |
| LWB 174/1 | 1952 EsR | Ludlow | Ebay Kirkudbright | Ludlow | NoCP | Ex-Dumfrieshire |
| LB202 | 1899 VR | Lamp | Ex-Bill Salt | Handyside | Stone Steps 62 | Ex-Portsmouth |
| LB204 | 1902 E7R | Lamp | Ex-Bill Salt | Handyside | Fosgeway 250 | Ex-Portsmouth |
| LB205 | 1902 E7R | Lamp | Ebay Pentstone | Handyside | Sandhill Lodge 54 | Ex-Sheffield |
| LB206 | 1910 GR | Lamp | RM Colchester | Handyside | Sladburys Lane 116 | Ex White Elms Danbury box |
| LB207 | 1915 GR | Lamp | RM Chelmsfond | Handyside | Mill Rd Worton 70 | Ex-Penny Pots |
| LB208 | 1920 GR | Lamp | Waterside | WT Allen | Church House 5 | Ex-Cambridge |
| LB209/2 | 1932 GR | Lamp | HDLHS | Derby Castings | Holne Bridge 146 | Ex-Halstead |
| LB210 | 1925 GR | Lamp | Fagins | WT Allen | Southcott 83 | Ex-Doncaster |
| LB211 | 1935 GR | Lamp | loW Postal Museum WT Alien | Birchanger 53 | NA | |
| LB212 | 1936 G6R | Lamp | Fuller S, Son | WT Allen | South Tee Dockyard 145 | Ex-Spalding |
| LB213 | 1947 G6R | Lamp | RM Halstead | WT Allen | Avon Square 44 | Ex-Birmingham |
| LB214 | 1953 E2R | Lamp | Topsham Antiques | WT Allen | Honey St 12 | Ex-Newton Abbot |
| LB215/2 | 1955 E2R | Lamp | Stebbing | Allied I F | Canal bridge 7 | NA |
| LB216/2 | 1974 E2R | Lamp | Neston | Carron | Sunset Hill 280 | NA |
| LB216/3 | 1969 E2R | Lamp | Waterside | Carron | Halstead | Ex-Cambridge |
| LB217/1 | 1978 E2R | Lamp | Visitor | Carron | Tidings Hill 1 8 | Ex-Chelmsford |
| LB218/2 | 1982 E2R | Lamp | RM Halstead | Carron | Halstead Box No. 3 | Ex-Halstead |
| LB219/2 | 1983 E2R | Lamp | Neston | Lion Foundry | Mannlngford Brace 143 | Ex-Cirencester |
| LB220 | 1983 E2R | Lamp | Neston | Carronade | Woodbridge Inn 45 | Ex-Lechlade |
| LB221/2 | 1987 E2R | Lamp | Greg Leary | Machan | Newmarket 49 | Ex- Furnace end fires |
| LB222/1 | 1985 E2R | Lamp | RM Halstead | Abbott | Chester Special plate | Composite box (door ex R.Ore) |
| LB222/2 | 1988 E2R | Lamp | RM Halstead | Abbott | Milton Cross Rds 129 | Ex-Russels Rd |
| LB223/4 | 1994 E2R | Lamp | RM Halstead | Machan | Halstead Box #27 | Ex-Pebmarsh |
| LB223/4S | 1994 EsR | Lamp | Machan | Machan | Crowne Plaza Hotel 435 | Edinburgh |
| LB224 | 2005 EiiR | Lamp | Machen | Bantam Type N | Halstead | Ebay, Swindon |
| NSB328 | 1960 None | Hospital | Ebay | carpenter | Brook Hospital | South London |
| NSB328 | 1960 E2R | Hospital | Tesco | carpenter | Royal Hospital | Wotverhampton |
| NSB335 | 1887 VR | Hotel | Relics of Halstead | Proprietary | NoCP | NA |
| NSB327/1 | 1965 E2R | Pedestal | Isle of Wight PHM | WT Allen | NoCP | South London |
| NSB328 | 1953 (G6R) | WallB | RM Northampton | WT Allen | General Hospital 146 | Ex-Northampton |
| NS 327/2D | 1960 E2R | Private | British Red Cross | Hall Telephone | British Red Cross | Ex-Chelmsford |
| NS 327/2B | 1960 E2R | Private | Ebay/Chingford | Hall Telephone | Box & SVM combination | Ex-Oban area |
| ILB 5/1 | 1922 P&T | Lamp | Preston | Jessop Davies | Gaelic Box 4 | Ex-Preston |
| ILB204 | 1905 E7R | Lamp | Paula Lewis | Handyside | Gaelic Box 11T | Ex-France? |
| ILB 8 | 1955 None | Lamp | Ebay | W T Allen (no name) | An Post plate | EX-UK |
| HKPB27 | 1910 GSR | Pillar | LBSG/Hong Kong F | Locally made | Tsuen Chen Circuit | Hong Kong (LBSG Loan) |
| FWB | 1912 RF | Wall | Haakon Howard | Delachanal | Bureau Releveur, Epinay | Pagoda style box, France |
| FWB | 1940 RF | Wall | Haakon Howard | Delachanal | No CP | Art Deco style tin box, France |
| FWB 43/4 | 1977 RF | Wall | Chris Twitchin | Dejoie | Calais | France |
| FWB | 1868 RF | Wall | Haakon Howard | Dejoie | La Capelle, Marival | France |
| SPB | 1980? | Pillar | Ebay FR | ? | Barcelona | Spanish pillar |
| Case Cl K1 | 1935 GR | K1.1 SVM | Ebay/Newton Abbot | Carron | N/A | N/A |
| Case CI K2 | 1966 E2R | K1.2 SVM | Neston | AIF1966 | N/A | N/A |
| Kiosk K6 Mk1 | 1937 GR | Kiosk | Alan Mattin | Carron | N/A | N/A |
| Kiosk K8 | 1968 EiiR | Kiosk | Chris Twitchin | LJon Foundry | N/A | N/A |