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on the "plate" listing the collection times to improve legibility for those with poor sight and that consequently there was insufficient room for listing all collection times throughout the day. The "Next
Collection" tablet, where fitted, was usually retained in these cases, but tablets now merely show the day of the week, indicating whether or not the last collection has been cleared that day.
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production until 2000. Notable features included: replaceable lifting ring screwed into the dome of the box, body and roof of box cast as one piece, large easy-to-read collection time plate, all surface details and collection plate window recessed to give a perfect cylindrical outline, integral restrictor plate, know colloquially as a "
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British post boxes have had the time of only the last collection of the day listed on the box, with no indication of whether the box is cleared at other times earlier in the day. The reason given for this by the Royal Mail is that they needed to increase the font size of the wording
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Prior to 1859 there was no standard colour, although there is evidence that the lettering and royal cypher were sometimes picked out in gold. In 1859, a bronze green colour became standard until 1874. Initially, it was thought that the green colour would be unobtrusive. Too unobtrusive, as it turned
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British post box and the heritage attached to them; out-of-use post boxes (especially older models) are rarely removed and instead painted black and sealed to signify to members of the public the box is no longer in use. Examples of 'black post boxes' can be seen
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Flap" to restrict posting to letters only and a flanged shallow base suitable for installation in modern buildings, shopping centres and other urban areas. These boxes were thus much easier to move and handle as they could be rolled over level ground or lifted by crane into position. The design
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was operating regular airmail services to Europe and the
British colonies and dominions. To facilitate easy collection of air mail and its speedy onward transmission, a fleet of special vehicles and dedicated postboxes were introduced. To distinguish them from regular post boxes, they were painted
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to the end of the post box. This necessitated an oval planform for the box even though it was only provided with a single posting aperture. At one end of the oval is the stamp machine and at the other is the posting aperture. The boxes have two doors; one for clearance of mail and one for emptying
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The first design for London, by
Grissel & Son of Hoxton Ironworks was rather stubby and rectangular, although surmounted by a decorative ball. Erected in 1855, they were replaced because people complained that they were ugly. One survived and was earmarked for preservation in the early part of
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The carcass or body of the box supports the door and cap, and may protrude substantially down below ground level. This provides security and stability to the pillar box. There is a wirework cage inside to prevent mail falling out when the door is opened, a hinged letter chute to allow mail to fall
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The next major design change came in 1968 with the introduction of the Type F pillar box. This was conceived by
Vandyke Engineering and proposed to the Post Office as a cheaper alternative to the traditional cast box. It was fabricated in sheet steel with welded construction. However, the British
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The Post Office commissioned a new design of pillar box in 1980 from a panel of three competing designers. The competition was won by Tony Gibbs and his design, which was thought to be ultra-modern at the time, was designated Type K by the Post Office. Made in traditional cast iron, it stayed in
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in the early Spring of 1852 and proceeded to survey both islands. His recommendation back to Hill was to employ a device he may have seen in use in Paris: a "letter-receiving pillar". It was to be made of cast iron, about 1.5 metres high, octagonal in design and painted olive green. Trollope
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The cap sits on top of the carcass and is usually bolted down from inside. Some designs after 1965 do not have a separate cap. Caps can also be fitted with a separate bracket, normally of cast iron, which supports a Post Office
Direction sign (POD) indicating the nearest Post Office.
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that serve the same purpose as pillar boxes but are attached to a post or set into a wall. According to the Letter Box Study Group, there are more than 150 recognised designs and varieties of pillar boxes and wall boxes, not all of which have known surviving examples. Like the
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in 1922, almost all United
Kingdom-era pillar boxes and wall boxes were retained, but painted green. Hundreds of these are extant around Ireland, still bearing the cypher of the reigning monarch at the time of the box's manufacture. All are now protected structures. The
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and are cylindrical. Other shapes have been used: the hexagonal
Penfolds, rectangular boxes that have not proved to be popular, and an oval shape that is used mainly for the large "double aperture" boxes most often seen in large cities like London and
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boxes now had the posting aperture as part of the door, rather than the body of the box. That eliminated the chance for mail to get caught up in the top of the box. This basic design remains the same today, having served well throughout the reigns of
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National Standard box. These were also cast in two sizes for the first time to allow for heavier usage in big metropolitan areas. A number have survived across the UK, including
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bud surmounting the cap, were originally exclusively city-based, but have now been installed rural areas as well. About 300 were made, of which 150 survive. Nearly 100 replicas, made at the end of the 1980s, have also been installed.
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adopted the original high-aperture design, which were made for it by Andrew Handyside & Co. Portugal later adopted its own modified design based on Types A and B. Numerous examples of each design remain in use.
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A return to cylindrical boxes followed with the so-called Anonymous boxes of 1879. Andrew Handyside of Derby was the foundry, but omitted the royal cypher and the words "Post Office" leading to the Anonymous
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to ascertain what could be done about the problem of collecting the mail on a pair of islands. The problems identified in the Channel Islands were caused by the irregular sailing times of the Royal Mail
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and five for Jersey. The foundry of Vaudin & Son in Jersey was commissioned to produce them and the first four were erected in David Place, New Street, Cheapside and St Clement's Road in
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In the busy city of Liverpool, even these boxes could not provide the capacity and security required, so a special design was commissioned from the foundry of Cochrane Grove & Co of
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plates warning users of the danger of bent coins and the need to wait for stamps to be issued before inserting more money. Several of each have survived in use in England and in the
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resulted in nine boxes of the Penfold design being exported there in 1879, of which six are believed extant, including one in the philatelic department of the central Post Office in
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seashell. The acanthus bud and leaves decoration on the top of Penfold boxes was also emulated in a design of cylindrical post boxes for New Zealand and Australia.
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out – people kept walking into them. Red became the standard colour in 1874, although ten more years elapsed before every box in the UK had been repainted.
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in October. They are located in London, Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast. The London postbox, in Acre Lane, Brixton, features the painting "Queuing at the RA" by
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are not recorded, but the designs varied from area to area, as each district surveyor issued their own specifications and tendered to their own chosen
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showing the times of collection from that location. It is fitted with a brass security lock on the inside. The contractor for these locks has been the
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in Carlisle city centre. The first six in London were installed on 11 April 1855. The earliest surviving British designs are four Butt boxes made in
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houses where the Royal Mail coach would stop to pick up and set down mails and passengers. People took their letters, in person, to the receiver, or
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had one major flaw in the area of the door hinge, which is prone to snap under stress and the K type pillar boxes are no longer being installed.
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In 1974 the Post Office experimented with a similar rectangular design known as Type G. This was made in traditional cast iron by the foundry of
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for these locks. Each post box has its own set of keys and postal workers have to carry large bunches with them when clearing the boxes.
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in Surrey, The Isle of Wight Postal Museum near Newport, Isle of Wight, Milestones Living History Museum in Basingstoke and outside the
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and forwarded to the addressee. The boxes have been in use since 1852, just twelve years after the introduction of the first adhesive
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Before the introduction of pillar boxes, in the UK, it was customary to take outgoing mail to the nearest letter-receiving house or
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pillar box door shows the built-in posting aperture, collection plate and the royal cypher at Colne Valley Postal History Museum,
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A glass-fibre type PB58 pillar box of the type frequently seen in British supermarkets, made by Broadwater Mouldings Ltd of Eye,
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They were an instant success, despite some obvious problems with rainwater ingress. One Vaudin box still stands in Union Street,
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into the collecting bag or sack, and a serrated hand-guard to prevent unauthorised tampering with the mail through the aperture.
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Post boxes are emptied ("cleared") at times usually listed on the box in a TOC (Times of Collection) plate affixed to the box.
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the 20th century. It was stored in a contractor's yard in London which was subject to a direct hit from a German bomb during
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company for many years. They are five-lever locks and each one can exhibit more than 6,500 combinations. There is no
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and brought into public use on 23 November 1852. Guernsey received its first three pillar boxes on 8 February 1853.
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were produced. These bore the cypher "E II R" but there were objections because Queen Elizabeth was the first
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collection in London. Cochrane became the foundry that made all the Penfold boxes from 1866 to 1879.
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having been Queen of England and Ireland only. After several E II R pillar boxes were blown up by
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in 1856 and are at Double Street and College Road. A third octagonal pillar of this type was at
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continued installing similar pillar boxes and wall boxes, but with the initials SÉ (for
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Commercial Air Mail service commenced in the United Kingdom in 1919. By the early 1930s
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Pillar boxes in Cyprus were painted yellow after independence, and are still in use
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commemoration box. This example is a rare Type D pillar at Onchan, Isle of Man.
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commemorated Penfold post boxes with a set of stamps of various denominations.
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1932 Type E pillar box with integral stamp vending machine at
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First National Standard (small size), formerly at Sandown Rd,
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outside former post-offices and in conservation areas.
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for the Western Area. These are at Barnes Cross, near
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Elizabeth II Type B pillar box (Nigerian pattern) in
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town museum (formerly at Merlin's Bridge) and in the
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2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom
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2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom
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1903:The first post box to carry the insignia of
1174:An experiment of 1932 was the addition of a
467:Early British John Butt box (type PB1/1) in
3012:British Postal Museum & Archive article
2563:Wicklow County Development Plan 2010 – 2016
1927:Painted black to show that it is out of use
2935:. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications.
1773:when the first boxes made in the reign of
1461:or the Department of Posts and Telegraphs
1378:King George V post box by Carron Company.
906:carry that kingdom's emblem of a stylised
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2166:Elizabeth II pillar box in Cyprus (north)
350:Learn how and when to remove this message
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3021:Short history of the British Pillar Box
2950:Warren, Brian; Williams, Chris (2000).
2895:The Postal History of British Air Mails
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1283:Edward VII pillar box in front of a K6
420:serving the islands due to weather and
23:. For the type of military bunker, see
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2952:Republic of Ireland Letter Box Listing
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1123:Late 19th and early 20th century boxes
553:in Suffolk; this pair were founded by
459:First mainland and Isle of Wight boxes
2892:
2793:Westcott, Kathryn (18 January 2013).
2542:
2342:"Campaign to preserve red post boxes"
2037:Elizabeth II Type C double pillar box
924:Penfold Type PB8/1 at King's Parade,
34:1856 type PB1/viii at the West Gate,
2897:. Heathfield: Proud-Bailey Co. Ltd.
2463:
2197:British-made "high-aperture" box in
2053:, a Scottish Crown Type C in Central
956:Disused green Penfold PB8/1 outside
447:, Guernsey whilst another is in the
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3005:British Postal Museum & Archive
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2583:Beveridge, Aimee (3 October 2015).
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1615:Type C double aperture pillar box,
828:British Postal Museum & Archive
767:details from Penfold at the former
535:British Postal Museum & Archive
449:British Postal Museum & Archive
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2914:A History of The Irish Post Office
2775:. Historic England. Archived from
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1451:Department of Posts and Telegraphs
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2994:"Stamp of approval for postboxes"
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1211:Type B 'Anonymous' pillar box in
791:(including locally made copies),
427:Trollope subsequently arrived in
2368:"History of the British Postbox"
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1444:Following the creation of the
362:
185:Mail may also be deposited in
16:British free-standing post box
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2874:Farrugia, Jean Young (1969).
2819:"Anger over post box changes"
654:First National Standard boxes
2916:. Dublin: MacDonnell Whyte.
2868:General and cited references
2434:"Channel Island Box, c.1853"
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1787:improvised explosive devices
1721:Installing a used Type K in
1573:Scarborough, North Yorkshire
1429:Repaired door on green 1887
980:showing enamel Letters flap.
940:Replica Penfold, erected at
555:Andrew Handyside and Company
411:. Hill sent Trollope to the
82:British Overseas Territories
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2878:. Fontwell: Centaur Press.
2497:"mailbox, Carmelo, Uruguay"
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371:. Such houses were usually
68:is a type of free-standing
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2912:Reynolds, Mairead (1983).
2607:beta.companieshouse.gov.uk
2524:. David Sanger Photography
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1761:with the Crown of Scotland
1611:Modern Royal Mail branded
1571:EIIR Type B pillar box in
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1016:Edward VII Penfold PB8 in
880:Blists Hill Victorian Town
481:National Museum of Ireland
287:
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2966:. Vol. 2. New York:
2954:. Letter Box Study Group.
2931:Robinson, Martin (2000).
2893:Proud, Edward B. (1991).
2049:Colonial-era post box in
1915:cypher, painted in gold.
632:Cork Kent railway station
492:Great Britain and Ireland
2436:. postalheritage.org.uk.
2414:. Letter Box Study Group
2392:. Letter Box Study Group
1821:Stylised version of the
1235:VR Type B pillar box in
610:by Jean Young Farrugia.
593:and dates back to 1861.
305:This section includes a
72:. They are found in the
2233:for collecting special
2104:Last red pillar box in
2065:A modern pillar box in
2018:George V pillar box in
1354:Type 'A' pillar box in
1271:, cast by A. Handyside.
852:National Tramway Museum
840:National Railway Museum
769:Neyland railway station
729:"Liverpool Special" at
543:Ventnor railway station
387:Channel Islands problem
334:more precise citations.
86:Commonwealth of Nations
76:and its associated the
49:Audio description of a
38:, Warwickshire, England
3016:Letter Box Study Group
2642:"Royal Mail goes Gold"
2565:. 2016. Archived from
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2370:. Bath Postal Museum
2264:Maru ("Round") Post
2151:Early pillar box in
1857:2012 Summer Olympics
1843:2012 Summer Olympics
1497:did so again in 1974
1473:, the current Irish
1099:box in Priory Road,
848:Black Country Museum
521:, inside the former
116:, as well as in the
2825:. 10 September 2002
2732:. 30 September 2020
2229:Replica Penfold in
2153:Thames, New Zealand
1873:Black History Month
1867:Black History Month
1799:Red telephone boxes
1791:General Post Office
1705:Box at Terminal 5,
1488:, as part of their
1386:, Kilmuir Crescent.
166:or the appropriate
122:Mandatory Palestine
118:Republic of Ireland
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2652:on 18 August 2012
2180:Palestine Mandate
2106:Al Ahmadi, Kuwait
1861:Westminster Abbey
1823:Crown of Scotland
1795:Crown of Scotland
1779:Queen of Scotland
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