We had 2 interviews with the BBC about them! It's to allow people to post parcels from postboxes. Letters go in as normal.

Stunning photo! 🥰

Theres a couple of candidates, but I will need to keep investigating! Fun fact - 2 of the original locations still have a box in the exact same spot: High Street/South Bridge (near Tron Church) and Howe Street/Northumberland Street

I have found using the old Post Office directories that by May 1857 there were 13 boxes installed in Edinburgh. The original 11, plus 1 in Leith and 1 at the Railway Termini on Waverley Bridge.

Amazing! Thanks for letting us know

Royal Mail's website doesn't seem to list this box. Are you able to give a location?

It's a unique kind of postbox called a Ludlow. They were often found at rural post offices, but are hard to spot now

It is a Ludlow for sure, but must be a modern replacement plate

Lovely to see a Type A anonymous postbox!

Nice find, that's a new one for us too! We're also not sure how many there are, but it's probably in the hundreds by now