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===Penfolds===
[[File:Nayland Penfold.jpg|thumb|[[Queen Victoria]] [[coat of arms]] details from Penfold at the former [[Neyland railway station]], [[Wales]].]]
The most famous of the early designs is that named after the architect who designed it, [[John Penfold]]. Penfold boxes come in three sizes and altogether there are nine different types. They are very widespread, with the biggest accumulations in London and [[Cheltenham]]. Others are spread across England, Ireland, [[India]] (including locally made copies), [[British Guyana]], [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]. An export order from the postal service of the Republic of [[Uruguay]] resulted in nine boxes of the Penfold design being exported there in 1879, of which six are believed extant, including one in the philatelic department of the central Post Office in [[Montevideo]]. In 1993 the [[Correo Uruguayo]] commemorated Penfold post boxes with a set of stamps of various denominations.<ref name=123RF>{{cite web |url= http://www.123rf.com/photo_13980638_uruguay--circa-1993-stamp-printed-by-uruguay-shows-letter-box-circa-1993.html |title= Stock Photo - URUGUAY - CIRCA 1993: stamp printed by Uruguay, shows Letter Box, circa 1993 |publisher=123RF |access-date=2 October 2013}}</ref>

There are no original Penfolds in [[Scotland]], but 1989-built replicas have been erected in these areas, as well as other deserving sites where they are suitable. The first replica Penfold was erected at [[Tower Bridge]], in London, on the south embankment and carries a commemorative plaque. Genuine Penfolds can be seen at the [[British Postal Museum & Archive]] Museum Store in [[Debden, Epping Forest|Debden]], [[Essex]], The Farm Museum in Normanby by Scunthorpe, the [[National Railway Museum]] at York, [[Beamish Museum|Beamish]] Open Air Museum, the [[Black Country Museum]], Crich [[National Tramway Museum]], Oakham Treasures, near Bristol (see link below), [[Carshalton Beeches]] in Surrey, The Isle of Wight Postal Museum near Newport, Isle of Wight, Milestones Living History Museum in Basingstoke and outside the [[Chester Town Hall|Town Hall]] in [[Chester]]. A rare large capacity original Penfold is in public use at the [[Buxton Pavilion Gardens|Pavilion Gardens]] in [[Buxton]] Derbyshire. The [[Severn Valley Railway]], [[Blists Hill Victorian Town]] and the [[Talyllyn Railway]] have replica Penfolds. Penfolds, which are distinguished by their hexagonal construction and [[Acanthus (ornament)|acanthus]] bud surmounting the cap, were originally exclusively city-based, but have now been installed rural areas as well. About 300 were made, of which 150 survive. Nearly 100 replicas, made at the end of the 1980s, have also been installed.

The New Zealand boxes are the only Penfolds to bear the cypher of [[King Edward VII]]; all others in the former British controlled territories have the cypher of Queen Victoria. Penfold boxes in Uruguay bear the national coat of arms of Uruguay and are painted either yellow<ref name=123RF/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/elizajanecurtis/3934939466/ |last=Curtis |first=Eliza Jane |title=mailbox, Carmelo, Uruguay |publisher=[[Flickr]] |date=13 September 2009 |access-date=2 October 2013}}</ref> or black with a yellow band.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://davidsanger.photoshelter.com/image/I0000TuZtSACm7Is |title=Uruguay, Colonia del Sacramento, Postbox 8-803-4727.colonia.1.jpg |publisher=David Sanger Photography |access-date=2 October 2013}}</ref> Boxes made in [[Chennai|Madras]], India for the kingdom of [[Travancore]] carry that kingdom's emblem of a stylised ''[[Turbinella pyrum]]'' seashell. The acanthus bud and leaves decoration on the top of Penfold boxes was also emulated in a design of cylindrical post boxes for New Zealand and Australia.

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File:Penfold post box on King's Parade, Cambridge.jpg|Penfold Type PB8/1 at King's Parade, [[Cambridge]].
File:Replica Penfold.jpg|Replica Penfold, erected at [[Tower Bridge]] in 1989.
File:Brecon pillar box.jpg|Disused green Penfold PB8/1 outside [[Brecon]] Museum, [[Wales]].
File:Rochester Penfold.jpg|Original bronze-green livery Penfold on High St [[Rochester, Kent]] showing enamel Letters flap.
File:Penfold large PB9.i 4th mod VR above times plate Buxton 17.09.16R.jpg|Large size Penfold box type PB9/1 in public use at [[Buxton]], [[Derbyshire]], [[England]].
File:PB8 Dunedin.jpg|Edward VII Penfold PB8 in [[Dunedin]], New Zealand
File:Anchal Box Perumbavoor Rest House.JPG|Pillar box in [[Perumbavoor]], Kerala, made in [[Chennai|Madras]] for the Indian kingdom of [[Travancore]]
File:Gold Postbox - geograph.org.uk - 3158996.jpg|[[2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes|Gold postbox]] in [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], painted in honour of the gold medal won by [[Sophie Wells]]
VR post box.jpg|Penfold in [[Bunratty Castle|Bunratty Folk Park]], Ireland
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