WORLD BOOK DAY POST BOXES Five UK post boxes have been decorated to honour British authors and illustrators who’ve been using their work to help educate and entertain children during lockdown. The boxes – one of which is a parcel post box – are in London, Cardiff, Sheffield, Belfast and Oban, close to places of significance to either the writers… Read More
How many letters does it take to fill a postbox? Earlier this month Andrew Young from the Letter Box Study Group popped into Radio 2 to answer this important question. Listen to his interview. … Read More
LBSG backs new British letter box plan The leading authority on British letter boxes welcomes Royal Mail’s new commitment to maintain and increase the number of postal collection points. The Letter Box Study Group (LBSG) today gave qualified approval of Royal Mail’s decision to change its operating procedures in a way that should assure the future of hundreds – perhaps thousands –… Read More
Cheltenham’s ‘rare’ Penfold post boxes “How often do you give a second thought about the pillar box you use when you go to post a letter? People putting mail in one of a handful of old letter boxes in Cheltenham may not be aware of their historical significance. The town is home to eight “rare” original Victorian… Click here for… Read More
LBSG says new Ofcom proposals on British letter boxes ‘should go further’ The Letter Box Study Group submitted a detailed response to the Ofcom consultation on UK post box provision on April 30, 2013…read more… Read More
British letter boxes Our Chairman took a film crew from the predominant Chinese state television broadcaster into a typical British city centre to talk about the how the British love their red letter boxes. “There’s a massive campaign quite often if there’s any suggestion of removing a letter box…” Watch the broadcast… Read More
The One Show – Scottish letter boxes We provided the BBC’s flagship magazine programme (average daily viewers: 5 million) with a package of research, pictures, information and background material for a piece about the trials and tribulations of the first Queen Elizabeth II letter boxes in Scotland.… Read More
British Philatelic Bulletin “The Letter Box Study Group has for many years recorded details of British and overseas letter boxes and publishes a very well produced Newsletter as well as other publications and postcards. The current winter newsletter reflects the vitality of this Group…” Click here for the full article.… Read More
150th Birthday of the Liverpool Special pillar box Our Chairman, Andrew R Young, gives a live interview to the Sean Styles Show on location at an historic and rare pillar box in the city of Liverpool. Listen to the broadcast (scroll to the 2 hr 10 min point).… Read More
Remembering the Liverpool Special postbox on its 150th birthday “Robert Cole, from the Letter Box Study Group, says: “There is also one in The British Postal Museum Store in Debden, Essex. Altogether that makes three accounted for, but we have no idea where the other four have gone. They could be still in Liverpool, maybe even in someone’s garden. It’s such a shame, because… Read More