Post Box Listing

The Complete Listing of our Collections

Colne Valley Postal History Museum Collection

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. The Makers abbreviations are as follows:

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 Engineerin g Scotland

Handyside = A.Handyside & Co Ltd, Derby

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The Complete Collection correct to 1st March 2007

Colne Valley Postal History Museum Collection
No	Type	Reign	Use	Source	Maker	Collection Plate	Notes
1	PB6/4	VR	Penfold	Inkpen PHM	Machan	Abercrombie Square	Replica
2	PB11/1	VR	Pillar	Furnace End Fires	Handyside	High St 7	EX-W053 Anston Ave, Sheffield
3	PB15/2	VR	Pillar	George Corn Colln	Handyside	Grosvenor Place 449	Ex-Batley
4	PB20	E7R	Pillar	Stuart Churcher	McD S	Upper Warwick St 76	Ex- Southampton
5	PB27/2	GR	Pillar	L Rudolph	McD S	Hessle Common TSO 69	Ex-Yeovil
6	PB33	E8R	Pillar	Inkpen PHM	Machan	TBA	Replica door
7	PB35/1	GviR	Pillar	RM Halstead	Carron	Carrfield Ave	Ex- WhiteHorse Ave
8	PB42/2	E2R	Pillar	RM Halstead	Carron	Guernsey	Ex- Trinity St
9	PB45	E2R	Pillar	RM Store	Carron	Colchester	Door & mech only
10	PB48/6	E2R	Pillar	Clarkes	Machan	Halstead #123	Ex-Cambridge
11	PB51/3	E2R	Pedastal	RM	Jana	Halstead Box #80	Ex-Broton Drive
12	PB57	E2R	Pedestal	RM Cambridge	Machan	Llangollen	Ex- Cambridge
13	PB58/3	E2R	Pillar	RM Store	Broadwater	Halstead Box 27	Ex-Chelmsford
14	PB60/1	E2R	Garage	RM Halstead	RoMEC	Halstead Box # 83	Ex-Sible Hedingham
15	WB75/1	VR	Wall No.2	B Sait	Smith & Hawkes	Pikes Hill	2nd National Standard
16	WB77	VR	Wall No.1	B Sait	Smith & Hawkes	Mill Hill Rd 3	Hampshire
17	WB78	VR	Wall No.2	P Rahman	Smith & Hawkes	Kineton	Ex-Mansfield
18	WB82/5	GR (VR)	Wall B	RM Store	BPW Eagle Co	Millhouse SO	Chester
19	WB83/1	VR	Wall C	Arthur Hunt	Smith & Hawkes	Netheravon Village	Ex-Broadsay Hill
20	WB83/2	VR	Wall C	Bill Sait / A Hunt	Bernard P Walker	Tedburn St Mary Church	Ex-Portsmouth
21	WB84/1	VR	Wall A	RM Store	W T Allen	Ben Johnson Rd 28	Ex-Bishopsgate Box 226
22	WB85/2	VR	Wall B	Sait	W T Allen	Udimore Rd 82	Ex-Portsmouth
23	WB86/2	VR	Wall C	Neston	W T Allen	Kennett 49	Ex-Swindon
24	WB87/1MA	VR	Wall C	Neston	W T Allen	Pillaton 164	Ex-Devizes
25	WB89/3	E7R	Wall B	RM Store	W T Allen	Sea Lane North Hunstanton	Ex-Liverpool 6
26	WB90/1	E7R	Wall C	IoW PHM	WT Allen	Brighton Tce 36	Ex- RoI
27	WB93	E7R	Wall B	D Feltham	W T Allen	New Sawley TSO 22	Ex-Nottingham
28	WB96	GR	Wall A	Cambridge RM	W T Allen	Central Station Down	Ex-Trinity St PO
29	WB97	GR	Wall B	RM Store	W T Allen	TBA	Ex-Chester
30	WB98/1	GR	Wall C	Sewell	WT Allen	Row Heath 113	Ex-Gt. Maplestead
31	WB99/2	GR	Wall D	RM Store	WT Allen	TBA
32	WB100/1	GR	Wall E	Radlett	WT Allen	No CP	Midlands
33	WB101/1	GR	Wall F	Arthur Hunt	WT Allen	No CP	West Country
34	WB101/MA	GR	Wall F	RM Store	WT Allen	No CP
35	WB103/1	GR	Wall B	RM Store	A Handyside	Norris Hill 426	Ex-Birkenhead Soerton Rd
36	WB103/4	GR	Wall B	RM Store	WT Allen	Pentre Dhu	Ex-Llangollen
37	WB106/1	GR	Wall E	RM Store	A Handyside	No CP	Chester
38	WB106/2	GR	Wall B	RM Store	Derby Castings	No CP	Chester
39	WB106/4	GR	Wall E	RM Cambridge	WT Allen	Longmoor Down 65	Ex-Over PO
40	WB110	GviR	Wall B	Neston	Carron	Cherry Tree Ave 145	Ex-Swindon
41	WB112	GviR	Wall E	RM Store	WT Allen	No CP
42	WB113	E2R	Wall A	RM Northampton	WT Allen	Wimpson TSO 424	Ex-Northampton
43	WB115/1	E2R	Wall B	LBSG Newsletter	WT Allen	Queensway	& Co box
44	WB115/3	E2R	Wall B	RM Cambridge	WT Allen	Park Rd 124	Ex-Church End Cherry Hinton
45	WB116/3	E2R	Wall B	Murrow	Carron	Vista Rd 40	Ex Gunthorpe
46	WB119/1	E2R	Wall E	RM Cambridge	W T Allen	No CP	Ex-Newmarket
47	WB121	E2R	FDC wall	Furnace End Fires	Colourcast	No CP
48	LWB152/2	VR	Ludlow	Dave Feltham	Eagle Range & Fdry	Edinburgh	Ex-Mansfield
49	LWB155	GR	Ludlow	Waterside	Ludlow	Medina TSO 16	NA
50	WB160/1	E2R	Ludlow	RM Colchester	Ludlow	Little Clacton SO	Wivenhoe Cross SPO
51	LWB161/2	EsR	Ludlow	Composite	Ludlow	No CP	NA
52	LWB165/4	GR	Ludlow	Composite	Ludlow	No CP	NA
53	LWB166/2	GR	Ludlow	Ebay	Ludlow	No CP	Ex-?
54	LWB164/1	E7R	Ludlow	Neston	Ludlow	East Boldre PO	Ex-Compton Abbas
55	LWB170/1	G6R	Ludlow	Neston	Ludlow	No CP	Ex-Marlborough
56	LWB173/2	E2R	Ludlow	P Rahman	Ludlow	No CP	ex Thirilby Yorks
57	LB202	VR	Lamp	sait/ Inkpen	Handyside	Stone Steps 62	Ex-Portsmouth
58	LB205	E7R	Lamp	Sait	Handyside	Fosseway 245	Ex-Portsmouth
59	LB206	GR	Lamp	RM Chelmsford	Handyside	Sladburys Lane 116	Ex White Elms Danbury box 201
60	LB207	GR	Lamp	RM Colchester	Handyside	Mill Rd Worton 70	Ex-Penny Pots
61	LB208	GR	Lamp	Waterside	WT Allen	Church House 5	Ex-Cambridge
62	LB209/2	GR	Lamp	HDLHS	Derby Castings	Holne Bridge 146	Ex-Halstead
63	LB210	GR	Lamp	Fagins	WT Allen	Southcott 83	Ex-Doncaster
64	LB211	GR	Lamp	IoW Postal Museum	WT Allen	Birchanger 53	NA
65	LB212	G6R	Lamp	Patricks	WT Allen	South Tce Dockyard 145	Ex-Spalding
66	LB213	G6R	Lamp	RM	WT Allen	Avon Square 44	Ex-Birmingham
67	LB214	E2R	Lamp	Topsham Antiques	WT Allen	Honey St 12	Ex-Newton Abbot
68	LB215/2	E2R	Lamp	Stebbing	Allied I F	Canal bridge 7	NA
69	LB216/2	E2R	Lamp	Neston	Carron	Halstead	NA
71	LB216/3	E2R	Lamp	Waterside	Carron	Sunset Hill 280	Ex-Cambridge
72	LB217/1	E2R	Lamp	Visitor	Carron	Stock Box 465	Ex-Chelmsford
73	LB218/2	E2R	Lamp	RM Halstead	Carron	Halstead Box No.	Ex-Halstead
74	LB219/2	E2R	Lamp	Neston