Crystal Palace is one of VERY few places in the country you can find one example of the historic royal cyphers all in one location! This includes the rare King Edward VIII cypher.

View the Crystal Palace heritage map to find them all! Click here for map, and find all our Nationally Listed with Historic England pillar boxes, and find one example of the other royal cyphers too.

Cypher-spotting is the act of searching for different royal cyphers on letterboxes, to discover which British monarch’s reign they are from. Read all about Royal Cyphers on Letter Boxes here.

The Letter Box Study Group is the acknowledged authority on the history and development of the British roadside letter box, and to find out more.