And it's bad news for a number of Berwickshire facilities with Greenlaw, Eccles, and Hutton, plus Innerwick in East Lothian, all set to be replaced with outreach services.
The plans for Edinburgh, the Lothians and south of Scotland, unveiled by the Post Office network on Tuesday, will see the complete closure of 26 offices with a further 32 undergoing the change to an outreach service.
For Greenlaw, Eccles and Hutton this will take the form of a mobile service which will visit the village at a set time while residents of Innerwick will have access to a hosted service operated within third party premises for restricted hours each week. However, at this stage the changes are proposed rather than set in stone and a further consultation will run until September 29.
On a more positive note a new service is proposed - a hosted outreach service for two hours a week at Longformacus.
As part of the six-week consultation, Post Office Ltd is now seeking views on the proposed future service provision in the area including, in particular, views on access to Post Office services, the accessibility of alternative branches to those proposed for closure and the appropriate form of outreach service to be provided.
Sally Buchanan, Post Office Ltd's network development manager for Scotland said: "Taking the decision to close any Post Office branch is always very difficult and we know will cause concern to many of our customers.
"Post Office Ltd's aim is to continue to provide essential services and support retail businesses and the local economy in as many communities as possible, subject to the Government's minimum access criteria.
"The rural communities in Edinburgh, The Lothians and South of Scotland will be served by a total of 193 branches, of which 108 provide the only access to cash in their communities.
"We believe these proposals offer the best prospect for a sustainable way forward for Post Office services bearing in mind the minimum access criteria and the other factors to which we have to have regard."
But despite Post Office Ltd's claim that 99.6% of the population in Edinburgh, the Lothians and South of Scotland will see no change to their nearest branch, the proposals haven't gone down well in the Borders.
Christine Grahame MSP is urging Scottish Borders Council to instigate a judicial review and has accused the Post Office network of trying to "butcher" post office services in the region.
And over the past week, Conservative MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, John Lamont, has been visiting Post Offices in the area following a launch of a campaign with Westminister candidate Chris Walker to save the facilities under threat.
Mr Lamont said: "The proposals will come as a huge blow to many communities which have already been hit by the loss of other local services like schools, shops and GP surgeries in recent times. The local Post Office is often at the heart of a local community and I am concerned about the removal of yet more local services from rural communities.
"Whilst some communities may still have a post office service after these changes have been introduced, it is important to note that the service will be dramatically reduced. It will either be provided by a mobile post office van or from a limited host outreach facility. Both options present a significant reduction in service."
MP Michael Moore has said he is pleased that no Post Offices in the region are facing complete closure but believes the outreach services proposed instead are "second class."
"There will be relief shared by many that, by and large, we have avoided closures in the Borders. But, to many communities, particularly in Morebattle, Clovenfords and Greenlaw, the proposed alternative is completely inadequate and unacceptable.
"For many of the communities being offered a new type of service, I am very concerned that the reduction in hours, or the removal of the post office from the village shop, will not only diminish the service but undermine the viability of the village shop as well. There is more at stake here than the narrow interests of Royal Mail Group."
Wilma Moscrop, chairman of Greenlaw and Hume Community Council said the council intend to fight the proposed closure as it is just too valuable a facility for the village to lose.
"I'm quite astounded that our Post Office is one earmarked for closure. It's a very well used facility and you get between eight to 10 bags of mail going out a day.
"The Government are always on about us cutting our carbon footprints but taking away our village Post Office means that people will have to use transport to get to ones in other places.
"Royal Mail say that we will get a mobile service, available for an average of nine hours a week, but it's ludicrous for people to have to hang on to parcels for days before they can post them."
A public meeting to discuss the issue is planned for September 15 at 7.30pm in the Fairbairn Hall, Greenlaw. The community council are due to meet on Monday, September 1, and the possible closure is at the top of their agenda.
Until then you can show your support to the Post Offices under threat by logging on to www.saveborderspostoffices.com. You can also make your feelings known to Royal Mail by writing to Sally Buchanan, Network Development Manage at C/O National Consultation Team, FREEPOST CONSULTATION TEAM or e-mailing:consultation@postoffice.co.uk.