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TK44 Post Cypher – Devizes. Multi-Cache

Hidden : 11/19/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

From around the year 1887 during the reign of Queen Victoria our good old British post box design began to see some standardisation with the words Post Office and a Royal Cypher for the present monarch added.


From then until the present day the Royal Cypher for the reigning monarch is still added to each box during manufacture. This has given us a wide range and age of boxes throughout our towns, cities and countryside. Some of the common Royal Cypher's can be seen below but there are always slight variations from year to year and box to box.

Starting at the first Post Box location this multi will take you on a fairly easy 1.7 mile walk (3.4 mile round trip) around Devizes finding the Royal Cypher’s on each of the selected Post Boxes. Just match these up with the simplified chart for each box location to find the required answer.

Post Box 1 at N 51° 21.296 W 2° 00.207 let the correct Cypher be answer A
[VR=5][E VII R=1][GR=7][E VIII R=8][G VI R=0][E II R=2]

Post Box 2 at N 51° 21.314 W 1° 59.974 let the correct Cypher be answer B
[VR=4][E VII R=6][GR=8][E VIII R=3][G VI R=5][E II R=9]

Post Box 3 at N 51° 21.274 W 1° 59.563 let the correct Cypher be answer C
[VR=3][E VII R=7][GR=0][E VIII R=2][G VI R=1][E II R=4]

Post Box 4 at N 51° 21.153 W 1° 59.592 let the correct Cypher be answer D
[VR=5][E VII R=6][GR=3][E VIII R=7][G VI R=0][E II R=8]

Post Box 5 at N 51° 21.132 W 1° 59.358 let the correct Cypher be answer E
[VR=2][E VII R=9][GR=6][E VIII R=4][G VI R=3][E II R=0]

Post Box 6 at N 51° 21.173 W 1° 59.124 let the correct Cypher be answer F
[VR=7][E VII R=8][GR=9][E VIII R=2][G VI R=4][E II R=5]

*** Please note that each box location has it’s own unique simplified cypher chart. ***

The cache can be found at N 51° 21.FCA W 001° 58.BED.

You are looking for a small clip-lock container containing log-book, pencil and room for a few goodies.

Stealth may be needed when retrieving this cache.

Some limited roadside parking may be available at N 51° 21.257 W 002° 00.320 or in the main Pay & Display car park at N 51° 21.140 W 002° 00.022.

All of the Post Boxes are on roadside pavements so please keep an eye on children & doggy geocachers.

Good luck to you all.

*** FTF - The Chens ***

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp – ba gur onpx bs gur erq bar.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)