Lamp boxes are the smallest of the post boxes used by the Royal Mail in the UK, by its counterparts in the Commonwealth of Nations and also by An Post in Ireland. Their name derives from the fact that they were designed to be affixed to lamp posts, although they may equally be found embedded in walls or mounted on poles.
A George V lamp box at Tal-y-llyn, Wales, with a bi-lingual collection plate
An Post lamp box in Ireland, attached to a telegraph post. British examples in Ireland also exist but have been painted green.
Lamp box mounted next to a sewer gas destructor lamp in Crookes, Sheffield, England.
A green lamp box at Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, England. This box was painted green at the request of the National Trust
A post box, also known as a collection box, mailbox, letter box or drop box, is a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail intended for collection by the agents of a country's postal service. The term post box can also refer to a private letter box for incoming mail.
Postbox of the Russian Post in Moscow
A Victorian era Type B pillar postbox in Hull
First Paris Street letter box from c. 1850
A British Lamp Box post box of the circa-1954 pattern in Eaves, Lancashire
