Some occasions of vandalism and even explosions of
post boxes which carried the Queen's 'EIIR' insignia were recorded. One particular pillar box in
Edinburgh's Inch district was repeatedly vandalised with tar, paint and a hammer before being blown to pieces less than three months after its unveiling. The folk songs
Sky High Joe and
The Ballad of the Inch commemorate these events. After 1953, new post boxes were placed in Scotland carrying only the
Crown of Scotland image rather than the 'EIIR' cypher, which continued to be used in the rest of the United Kingdom, and indeed in some of the Queen's other realms and territories. A post box with the 'EIIR' cypher was installed in
Dunoon in 2018 and immediately scheduled for replacement on discovery of the error.
Charles III's cypher will also not be included on Scottish post boxes, despite the fact that
Charles II also reigned over Scotland. ==See also==