Post box
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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 cou
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 Queen Elizabeth II Lamp Box post box of the circa-1954 pattern in Eaves, Lancashire
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
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…Post Office is dated 1809 and is believed to be the oldest example in Britain. It is now on display at the Wakefield Museum. In Britain, the first red pillar postboxes were erected in Guernsey in 1852. Roadside wall boxes first appeared in 1857 as a cheaper alternative to pillar boxes, especially in rural districts…
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