Pillar box
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A pillar box is a type of free-standing post box. They are found in the United Kingdom and its associated Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories, and, less commonly, in several members of
A Queen Elizabeth II Type A pillar box in Birkenhead
Cast iron cap of a PB42/1 sits atop the box and is secured by bolts
This rare Edward VIII pillar box door shows the built-in posting aperture, collection plate and the royal cypher at Colne Valley Postal History Museum, Halstead, Essex
A line of 5 Red pillar boxes under a large "Post Office" sign, showing the black carcasses and how they extend below ground level
Royal Mail
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Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company. It is owned by International Distribution Services. It operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce
Pillar box
…boxes to countries that ran their own postal services, such as Argentina, Portugal and Uruguay. Mail is deposited in pillar boxes to be collected by the Royal Mail, An Post or the appropriate postal operator and forwarded to the addressee. The boxes have been in use since 1852, just twelve years after the introduction…
The Louth-London Royal Mail, by Charles Cooper Henderson, 1820
Edinburgh and London Royal Mail, by Jacques-Laurent Agasse
Lower Edmonton Royal Mail sorting office, in London
Pillar box dating from the reign of Queen Victoria