Another cache in a National Numbered Series of Letterbox Hybrid caches, placed to mark one of a diminishing number of post boxes placed in Queen Victoria’s reign and still in use for regular collections by Royal Mail.
A few simple guidelines apply to the series (subject to amendment):
- The post box must carry the Royal Cipher of Queen Victoria (in whatever format)
- The box must have regular collections by Royal Mail
- The box must be in the British Isles (so United Kingdom and adjoining Crown Dependencies).
- Any style or colour of box are valid as long as the above all apply
Please leave the Stamp in the cache.
The Postbox
If you know of an eligible post box and would like to add to this series, please apply to Team Hippo for a series number, giving the following:
- Location as in place name (and street if applicable)
- Location in Lat Long format (DD MM.MMM)
- Postbox number
Please note that featured post boxes should comply with the guidelines above. Caches should be Letterbox Hybrid type (and therefore contain a LB stamp), whether placed at the published co-ords, or a simple offset multi, or multi-stage multi, or more of a puzzle style format.
The cache is not at the published co-ords, where you will find a particularly fine example of a Victorian Post Box, set in a stone wall. The cache is a short walk away :
For the final you need to visit the Post box then look right when facing the post box on a pole study the brown sign, there you will find 2 NUMBERS MISSING AND 4 LETTERS CONVERT LETTERS TO NUMBERS AND LABEL THEM A TO F in order they apper on sign to calculate the Distance & Bearing.
Distance = (BxF)+((E+C)x(2)x(D+A+C)) = metres away on a bearing of ((A+C+D+E)x(F) = degrees
For the checker please put in xxx metres xxx degrees
The self-inking rubber stamp in the cache is NOT a trade item, and must remain in the cache!
You can validate your puzzle solution with
certitude.